It's a really hard battle to win, because Collins is marketed to
administrators, while six traits has been largely spread by
classroom teachers.

Collins is a nice quick, easy fix. I applaud the Collins folks for
turning a few pieces of teaching that most of us learned freshmen
year, combined with some proprietary bs to make it copyrightable
(skip every other line? really?!?!), and turned it into a money
tree. It's a crock, but it makes administrators feel pro-active
about teaching writing, and non-English teachers don't mind
because it asks so little of them.

But find data-- I doubt it. How could you collect any meaningful
data about either one?

>>>> Any six trait writing you do will require so much more
> higher function writing than your Collins.
>
> Thank you! Finally, someone who agrees with me! I have been
> fighting my administration for ten years over Collins Writing.
> I can see my students' writing getting worse and worse over the
> years, but I get reprimanded if I don't fill my folders each
> year with 20 type 3 writings. Six Traits is a much better
> method. Does anyone have data to help me prove my point?
> Jane

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