It is linked in the top of the article, but the Eric Raymond "How to Ask Smart Questions" article is required reading on this subject http://www.catb.org/~esr/f

It is linked in the top of the article, but the Eric Raymond "How to Ask Smart Questions" article is required reading on this subject http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html The flip side is also in answering a question so that knowledge is actually transferred and that others that have a similar question are enlightened. https://www.wikihow.com/Answer-Discussion-Questions https://www.wikihow.com/Answer-Discussion-Questions https://mathsnoproblem.com/blog/teaching-practice/how-to-develop-learners-metacognition-with-effective-questioning/ https://mathsnoproblem.com/blog/teaching-practice/how-to-dev... What is also important is to not just answer the lower order question, but to figure out why the question arose in the first place and solve that problem.