1. The research method of educational science refers to the method used to study educational phenomena and their laws. Guided by Marxism, the research methods of educational science in China use various methods to explore the relationship between various elements in education and other things, as well as the changes and laws between quality and quantity of education.

2. Both ancient China and the West recorded the summary of educational experience, and the methods used included the records of relevant facts and preliminary experience summary, but neither of them formed a set of scientific research methods. With the development of capitalist production and the rise of education, the methods of investigation, literature, history research, induction, experiment and statistics of social science research have all entered the field of educational science research.

3. The dialectical materialism and historical materialism founded by Marx and Engels, in particular, have laid a scientific methodological foundation for educational scientific research and brought the application of educational scientific research methods into a new stage.