Approaches to studying and perceptions of academic quality in a short web-based course

Both the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) and the Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory (RASI) were administered to students who were taking an introductory web-based course in computing. The constituent structure of both questionnaires was preserved in this distinctive context, and the students' scores on the individual scales of the CEQ and the RASI shared over 80% of their variance. Students' perceptions of academic quality were positively associated with their adoption of desirable approaches to studying and negatively associated with their adoption of undesirable approaches. Students' academic attainment was positively associated with their perceptions of academic quality and their adoption of a strategic approach to studying and negatively associated with their adoption of a surface approach to studying.