Agent skill

Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

A skill your agent uses when stating the learning/motivation theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Journal-of-Educational-Psychology-Skills/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses .claude/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
634 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when stating the learning/motivation theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript.

  • Works in 5 steps: Name the learning mechanism. What… → Derive directional hypotheses. Translate… → Mark hypothesis status. Separate… → …
  • Stating the learning/motivation theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Build the argument, Avoiding HARKing and the "it… and Worked micro-example — theory…, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when stating the learning/motivation theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript. JEP expects a clear psychological mechanism, directional hypotheses tied to that theory, and an honest separation of confirmatory (ideally preregistered) from exploratory analyses. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science. The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. | 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Stating the learning/motivation theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript

Example prompts

  • “/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Name the learning mechanism. What cognitive, motivational, or self-regulatory process predicts
  2. Derive directional hypotheses. Translate the theory into specific, testable predictions (direction
  3. Mark hypothesis status. Separate confirmatory (predicted in advance, ideally preregistered)
  4. Specify what would disconfirm. Say which results would count against the mechanism; this is what
  5. Tie theory to nesting where relevant. If the mechanism operates at the classroom or school level

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 634 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~94
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 634 words, ~1,711 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses
description
Use when stating the learning/motivation theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript. JEP expects a clear psychological mechanism, directional hypotheses tied to that theory, and an honest separation of confirmatory (ideally preregistered) from exploratory analyses. Structures the argument; it does not run analyses.

Theory & Hypotheses (jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses)

The Journal of Educational Psychology rewards a clear psychological mechanism for an educational phenomenon and honest hypothesis status. Because JEP is a research journal in educational psychology, the theory must explain learning, motivation, engagement, or achievement — not merely report that an intervention worked. The cardinal rule mirrors the credibility era: state theory and confirmatory hypotheses before the data, and label exploratory results as exploratory.

When to trigger

  • Writing the theoretical framing and hypotheses
  • Preparing a preregistration / pre-analysis plan for a field trial or longitudinal study
  • Reconciling what theory predicted with what you found
  • A reviewer flagged the work as "atheoretical," "post hoc," "HARKed," or "just an evaluation"

Build the argument

  1. Name the learning mechanism. What cognitive, motivational, or self-regulatory process predicts the effect, and why it should operate in this educational setting. JEP wants the psychology of why the instruction, condition, or trajectory changes learning.
  2. Derive directional hypotheses. Translate the theory into specific, testable predictions (direction and, where possible, an educationally meaningful magnitude — not just "an effect").
  3. Mark hypothesis status. Separate confirmatory (predicted in advance, ideally preregistered) from exploratory (generated after seeing data) analyses, clearly, in the text. Preregistration is encouraged at JEP; report whether and where you preregistered.
  4. Specify what would disconfirm. Say which results would count against the mechanism; this is what makes a test credible at a post-credibility-revolution venue.
  5. Tie theory to nesting where relevant. If the mechanism operates at the classroom or school level (e.g., a climate or instruction effect), say so — it dictates the design (see jedpsych-study-design).

Avoiding HARKing and the "it worked" trap

  • Do not present an exploratory finding as if it were predicted; if you discovered it post hoc, say so and frame it as a hypothesis for future confirmation.
  • Do not let "the program raised scores" stand in for theory. JEP asks why — through which learning or motivational process — so a result without a mechanism reads as evaluation, not educational psychology.

Worked micro-example — theory to hypothesis status (illustrative)

A reading-comprehension strategy-instruction field trial, written so hypothesis status is legible.

Theory:  Explicit strategy instruction builds metacognitive monitoring,
         which lets readers allocate effort to comprehension breakdowns,
         improving inference on novel texts.
H1 (confirmatory, preregistered):
         Strategy-instruction classrooms outperform business-as-usual on a
         transfer comprehension task (directional; classroom-level effect).
H2 (confirmatory, preregistered): The effect is mediated by gains in a
         metacognitive-monitoring measure (mechanism test).
H3 (exploratory): Larger gains for initially low-comprehension students
         (aptitude-treatment interaction; flagged for future confirmation).
Disconfirming: a near-zero classroom-level effect, or no monitoring gain,
         counts against the metacognitive account — stated up front.

Constraints-on-generality (a venue expectation)

Name the boundary of the claim rather than implying universal scope across grades, subjects, and contexts. Confirm current wording against the journal's submission guidelines, but include the substance:

Constraints on generality: We expect H1 to hold for upper-elementary
readers in general-education classrooms with the studied text genre. We do
not claim it generalizes to early decoding, to multilingual learners
without adaptation, or to fully online instruction without further test.
Show full SKILL.md (257 more words)Show less

Theory-stage reviewer pushback and the venue fix

Reviewer pushbackJEP fix
"Atheoretical — reads as program evaluation"state the learning/motivation mechanism and a mediation test, not just outcome means
"This looks HARKed"show the preregistration / analysis plan timestamp; relabel post hoc analyses exploratory
"Mechanism untested"add the mediator measure and a preregistered mediation hypothesis
"Claims outrun the sample"scope hypotheses to the grades/subjects/settings studied; add a constraints clause
"Non-directional hypothesis"commit to a sign and an educationally meaningful magnitude

Theory calibration anchors

  • The mechanism sentence is what separates educational psychology from evaluation: one crisp claim about the cognitive or motivational process, then a derived, directional prediction and a way to test it.
  • The honesty rule is temporal: anything specified before data is confirmatory; anything generated after seeing data is exploratory, full stop — and JEP's Transparency and Openness regime makes the distinction visible to editors and reviewers.
  • Stating what would disconfirm the mechanism is what converts a story into a test; an unfalsifiable framing reads as a red flag.
  • When the mechanism lives at the classroom/school level, the hypotheses must be stated at that level, or the design and analysis will not match the claim.

Anti-patterns

  • "The intervention worked" with no psychological mechanism (evaluation, not educational psychology)
  • Theory written to fit the result after the fact (HARKing)
  • Vague, non-directional "we expect a relationship" hypotheses
  • No statement of what would disconfirm the theory
  • A mechanism stated at the individual level for a classroom-level treatment

Output format

【Mechanism】the learning/motivation process, briefly
【Hypotheses】directional, testable (H1, H2, …), with a mediation/mechanism test
【Status】which are confirmatory (preregistered?) vs exploratory
【Disconfirming evidence】what would count against the mechanism
【Level】individual vs classroom/school — matched to the claim
【Next】jedpsych-literature-positioning

Supplementary resources

© brycewang-stanford, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in Journal-of-Educational-Psychology-Skills/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses

What does Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses do?

A skill your agent uses when stating the learning/motivation theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript. Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when stating the learning/motivation theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript.

When should I use Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses?

Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses fits situations like: stating the learning/motivation theory and hypotheses for a Journal of Educational Psychology manuscript.

How do I install Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Journal-of-Educational-Psychology-Skills/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Journal-of-Educational-Psychology-Skills/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses, .gemini/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses, .github/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses and .opencode/skills/jedpsych-theory-and-hypotheses in your project.

What does Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses is instructions for the agent only.

Does Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses use?

Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Jedpsych Theory And Hypotheses?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

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