Open-ended questions

How Questions

• How do you feel?
• How did you decide that?
• How did you conclude that?
• How would you like to solve it?
• How could you find out?
• How did you do it?
• How does this affect you?
• How were you involved?
• How do you think this will turn out?
• How does this fit your future goals?
• How are things going?

What Questions

• What can I do for you this morning?
• What would you like to do?
• What is the problem?
• What are the possibilities?
• What information do you have?
• What do you plan to do?
• What have you done?
• What do you make of all this?
• What would you like to tell me ?
• In what way...?

See also information on questioning strategies

Dr. Robert Sweetland's notes