Questions for Facilitative Tutoring

Here is a list of questions to aid in facilitative tutoring. In asking the student/writer questions, you are giving them the opportunity to think critically and take some initiative in the session. Clearly, these questions may change based upon the assignment at hand.

1. What is your assignment about?
2. What are the criteria your professor gave for the assignment?
3. What is your biggest concern with the assignment?
4. What are you trying to accomplish from your visit?
5. What area of the paper would you like us to focus on today?
6. What is your paper's thesis and focus?
7. Can you sum up what you are trying to accomplish in this assignment?
8. Do you find that your paper drifts from that focus or thesis? Where do you find that?
9. What do you see as the strengths in your paper?
10. What do you see as the weaknesses in your paper?