Instructional materials for this component of the Strategic Instruction Model are available only through professional development sessions conducted by certified SIM instructors.
The Paraphrasing Strategy is designed to help students focus on the most important information in a passage. Students read short passages of materials, identify the main idea and details, and rephrase the content in their own words.
Using grade-level materials, students performed at a 48 percent comprehension rate before learning the strategy. During the posttest, these students comprehended 84 percent of the material