Watts, G. H., & Anderson, R. C. (1971). Effects of three types of inserted questions on learning from prose. Journal of Educational Psychology, 62(5), 387–394. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0031633 

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Application questions, as contrasted to questions that repeated examples or questions on names of significant people, yield the greatest general facilitative effect on learning by prompting the student to inspect and comprehend thetext more thoroughly. 

Effects of Question Types on reading comprehension

Effects of three types of inserted questions on learning from prose

- Application questions
- Questions that repeat examples 
- Questions on names of significant people

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