Paraphrasing: An Effective Comprehension Strategy

That's the title of a "The Reading Teacher" 63(1) article by Shareon B. Kletzien. Main points: research shows benefits of paraphrasing on comprehension. It encourages reader to make connections with prior knowledge to access what is already known about the topic and to use words that are poart of the reader's knowledge. It can be seen as a precursor to summarizing. It's "part of the moinitoring aspect of metacognition". Three short "case studies" are provided.