Using Replication in the Classroom to Improve the Quality and Impact of Student Research ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Abstract** Every year tens of thousands of students participate in research conducted by undergraduate students as part of research methods classes and senior projects. Although these research experiences are often quite productive in terms of their educational goals, the data produced by these projects are rarely seen beyond the walls of the classroom. Even when these projects do result in presentations at conferences or possibly publication, it is rare that they have any meaningful impact on psychological science. In this presentation I will argue that students may be in a unique position to make a much more substantial scientific contribution by conducting replication studies. Although the current incentive structure in psychological science generally offers the greatest rewards in the form of grants and high-impact publications to original research, these incentives are typically only available to senior researchers. The recent demand for high quality replications has created opportunities for presentations and publications that will be of particular value to students getting started in the field and many of these replication studies are within the scope of an undergraduate skill set, given proper faculty supervision. Likewise, some initiatives such as the Collaborative Replications in Education Project (CREP) are structured with students in mind, offering expert consultation and review, research protocols, and even cash awards for completing replications that meet quality standards. Because these multi-lab replication projects typically involve many authors and are headed up by a team of senior researchers, the data that students produce can be included in analyses for presentation and publication, even if the students themselves are unable or do not wish to pursue publication on their own efforts. For motivated and capable students, CREP encourages student researchers to head up authoring the publication of CREP findings once a study has enough completed replications. I will describe how I have used CREP and other replication initiatives in my research classes to help students produce research of much higher quality and impact than I saw when students conducted studies of their own design. I will outline how to conduct replications in a semester timeframe, how to ensure that students do work of sufficient quality, and how to help students have the same educational experiences that come with designing an original undergraduate study. I will also explain how replication studies can include additional variables to investigate an original hypothesis alongside the replication.