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aerj-literature-positioning

Use when positioning an American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) manuscript in the literature. AERJ readers span the whole field, so the paper must engage the literatures a general education-research audience expects and speak past its own subfield. Builds the positioning argument; it does not write the literature review for you.

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# Literature Positioning (aerj-literature-positioning)

An AERJ paper must locate itself in the **field-wide** conversation, not just a niche citation cluster.
The literature review establishes the gap, the stakes, and why this study advances understanding for a
general education-research reader.

## When to trigger

- Drafting or revising the literature/background section
- A reviewer said the paper "doesn't engage the relevant literature" or "talks only to insiders"
- Establishing the gap the study fills and why it matters broadly
- Reconciling literatures across subfields or methods

## How to position
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