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Assesses educational-psychology project fit for the Journal of Educational Psychology, guiding manuscript type selection and scoring based on relevance, theory, rigor, and ecological validity.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/journal-of-educational-psychology-skills:jedpsych-topic-selectionThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
The Journal of Educational Psychology publishes **original, primary psychological research pertaining to
The Journal of Educational Psychology publishes original, primary psychological research pertaining to education across all ages and educational levels (检索于 2026-06;以官网为准). The bar is a finding that is theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous, and educationally consequential — it should change how psychologists understand learning, motivation, achievement, or instruction and matter for learners in schools, classrooms, or online settings. Use this skill to pressure-test fit before investing.
A strong JEP paper usually clears all four:
jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses).jedpsych-study-design,
jedpsych-data-analysis).Score a candidate against the four gates before investing. A reading-intervention project, two framings:
Candidate A (off-fit): a lab study showing a memory-encoding effect on word
lists, N = 60 undergraduates, no link to instruction.
Educational relevance ✗ Theory ✓ Rigor ~ (small) Ecological ✗
Verdict: off-fit for JEP → general cognition outlet, or rebuild as a
classroom learning study with an instructional implication.
Candidate B (strong): cluster-randomized comprehension-strategy intervention,
48 classrooms (~1,100 students), pretest covariate, transfer outcome.
Educational relevance ✓ (classroom reading) Theory ✓ (strategy-instruction
mechanism) Rigor ✓ (cluster-powered) Ecological ✓ (real classrooms)
Verdict: strong fit → primary empirical article.
| If the work is... | Target type | Why |
|---|---|---|
| One completed learning study, results in hand | Primary empirical article | the standard JEP slot |
| A cumulative claim built across studies | Multi-study article | each study must add inference, not repeat |
| A prospective classroom/school trial, not yet run | Primary article (preregister) | settle nesting + power before recruiting |
| A field-defining quantitative synthesis | Meta-analysis | only if "exceptionally important"; follow MARS |
| Validation of one instrument | Specialty measurement journal | JEP does not typically publish these |
jedpsych-study-design).【Question / effect】one sentence
【Educational relevance】who in education inherits the claim
【Theory】the learning/motivation mechanism
【Rigor + setting】powered for its design? ecologically valid?
【Type】Primary empirical / Multi-study / Meta-analysis
【Fit verdict】strong / needs reframing / off-fit (why)
【Next】jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses
../../resources/external_tools.md — power for nested designs, preregistration tools../../resources/official-source-map.md — JEP aims, scope, and accepted manuscript typesnpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin journal-of-educational-psychology-skillsRoutes Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript tasks by lifecycle stage, dispatching to sub-skills for topic selection, study design, data analysis, writing, open science, and rebuttal.
Helps determine whether a research project fits Developmental Psychology (APA) by assessing developmental change focus, and selects the appropriate length tier (brief report, larger report, multi-study/longitudinal).
Pressure-tests whether an empirical psychology project fits Psychological Science and selects the right manuscript type (Research Article, Registered Report, Commentary).