6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades

By Ruth Culham. 2005

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COGNITIVE MODELS OF WRITING: WRITING PROFICIENCY AS A COMPLEX INTEGRATED SKILL (2008, background): “One of the most popular among teachers is the 6+1 trait model (cf., Culham, 2003, based on the original 6-trait model of Spandel & Stiggins, 1990), which focuses on a relatively small set of traits that can be assessed across any type of writing.”
Examining fourth-grade mathematics writing: features of organization, mathematics vocabulary, and mathematical representations (2016, methodology): “Scoring writing quality analytically, as is used in 6 ? 1 traits writing, includes scoring for elements such as ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation (Culham, 2003).”