Assigning/Asking versus Teaching

"Children are routinely asked questions after reading but are infrequently provided with demonstrations of the comprehension strategies needed to answer the questions posed. In short, too often assigning and asking are confused with teaching. (Cunningham, 1998, p. 47) 

Are we creating independent readers or dependent readers? Engaged or compliant learners? 

For some of us, comprehension instruction looks more like determining students' understanding of a story by asking questions...rather than directing and explicitly teaching comprehension STRATEGIES.