The Present State of Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methods in <i>The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology</i> and Recommendations for the Future

Abstract

In this article, we first reviewed the research methods used in 29 articles published in The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology during the past year and derived the typical case of research published in the journal. Based on this, we reviewed the measurements and evaluations carried out in these studies and discovered that recommendations made in the papers of the ＂measurement, evaluation, and research methods＂ section of The Annual Report of Educational Psychology in Japan did not necessarily apply to them. In addition, we reviewed the measurement, evaluation, and research methods used in the research presented in the ＂measurement, evaluation, and research methods＂ section of The 60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Educational Psychology and revealed the differences of features from the research published in The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology. Finally, the author＇s own recommendations are offered based on these results as pertains to the plan for incorporating recommendations on measurement, evaluation, and research methods into the research practice of educational psychology in Japan.