Questioning is a reading strategy that is taught to students to help them engage with the text. It helps the reader to clarify what he or she is reading and to better understand the text. Asking good questions is a way for students to monitor their own comprehension while reading.
Struggling readers approach reading as a passive experience. This means that they read the words with the idea that the meaning of the text will reveal itself if they read enough words. However, good readers challenge the text by asking questions as they read. They might ask questions like: Why did they say that? What do they mean by that? I wonder what they were doing there? How did she do that? Why am I reading this? When taught how to ask questions, students learn that they can increase their comprehension.