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jedpsych-topic-selection

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Use when deciding whether an educational-psychology project fits the Journal of Educational Psychology and which manuscript type to target. JEP wants original, primary psychological research on learning and instruction that matters for real educational settings; it does not typically publish single-instrument reliability/validity studies. Frames the question; it does not collect data.

When to use

• Choosing among possible projects or framings for JEP
• Deciding between a single study, a multi-study package, or a meta-analysis
• Pressure-testing fit before investing
• Determining if a measurement/validation paper belongs in JEP

When not to use

• Collecting data
• Single-instrument reliability/validity studies
• Pure program evaluation with no psychological mechanism
• Lab effects with no plausible bridge to learning or instruction

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