The purpose of this work is to provide an overview of complex systems research for educational psychologists. We outline a philosophically and theoretically sourced definition of complex systems research organized around complex, dynamic, and emergent ontological characteristics that is useful and appropriate for educational psychology. A complex systems approach is positioned as a means to align underexplored elements of existing theory with appropriate interaction dominant theoretical models, research methods, and equation-based analytic techniques. We conclude with a brief discussion of several foundational topics for complex systems research in educational psychology.

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教育心理学中的复杂系统研究：理论与方法的结合。


这项工作的目的是为教育心理学家提供复杂系统研究的概述。我们概述了复杂系统研究的哲学和理论定义，这些定义围绕复杂、动态和新兴的本体论特征进行组织，这对教育心理学有用且合适。复杂系统方法被定位为将现有理论中未充分探索的元素与适当的交互主导理论模型、研究方法和基于方程的分析技术相结合的手段。最后，我们简要讨论了教育心理学中复杂系统研究的几个基本主题。