Harry Singer of the University of California at Berkeley is the chief theorist and researcher in the area of active comprehension. Students are more likely to exert effort in order to get answers to their own questions Students are more likely to remember and use the information gained from the text.
Active comprehension develops students' metacognition or awareness of their own thought processes.
Active Comprehension Ask students a question that gets a question, not an answer in return. Ask the class to take turns pretending to be the teacher and ask the group questions. Group dynamics, such as arranging a competitive situation, can be used to elicit questions. Lesson plans in teachers' manuals which accompany basal readers can be transferred into active comprehension lessons. For example, questions in manuals can be used as examples of the kinds of questions to elicit.