CONVERTING CLOSED-ENDED QUESTIONS TO OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
In this week’s Discussion, you used open-ended questioning with the service user from your case study. For this Assignment, you will continue to develop this skill by converting closed-ended questions to open-ended questions. You will also consider how to rephrase or redirect open-ended questions that do not elicit a robust response and why it is important to ask open-ended questions during an assessment.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE
Review the Learning Resources on open-ended questioning. Pay particular attention to the examples of open-ended questions, how they are structured, and how they are different from closed-ended questions. Also, consider the importance of asking open-ended questions during an assessment.
Review the closed-ended questions in the document entitled, “Converting Closed Questions.” Consider how you would convert each to an open-ended question.
BY DAY 7
Submit a 2-page paper that addresses the following:
Convert the closed-ended questions from the Converting Closed Questions document to open-ended questions.
Explain how you might rephrase or redirect a question that seemed open-ended but received a closed-ended response.
Explain why it is important to ask open-ended questions during an assessment. Be specific, and use examples to illustrate your explanation.