论教育心理学研究方法的改进

On improvement on research methods in educational psychology

近十多年来，教育心理学的理论和研究取向正在发生重大变化。首先，在学科定位上，教育心理学越来越强调自己[教育]的一面，把改进学校、提高教学的效果和效率作为研究的首要目标。研究者做了大量对教育实践很有价值的研究，涉及到了各学科的学习和教学，涉及到有不同需要的学习者，也涉及到了教师的专业发展问题等等。

With changes in theoretical and research orientations of educational psychology， research methods concerned are developing. As (or our research in educational psychology， quantita tive methods including experiment design method， measuring method of learning results and so on， leave much to be desired， in addition， qualitative methods also need developing strongly. What is more， research in educational psychology should face more educational realities than before， and have more interference research in order to solve real problems in the educational situation. The researcher and the practioner should cooperate to carry out action research.