100 Trait-Specific Comments: Middle School: A Quick Guide for Giving Constructive Feedback to Writers in Grades 6-8
Ruth Culham, Ed.D., a pioneering researcher of the Trait Model, is president of Culham Writing Company, which offers practical, engaging workshops designed to help beginning and experienced teachers implement the model in K–12 classrooms. Prior to founding her company, Ruth was assessment program unit manager at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; a teacher at Meadow Hill Middle School in Missoula, Montana, and Mountain View Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon; and English Teacher of the Year in Montana, a highlight of her 19-year teaching career.