Replication Data for: The relative impact of take-home versus in class examination on students approaches to learning and its relationship with academic outcomes

Second, to evaluate the link between student approaches to learning and academic outcomes. The context of the study is within two cohorts of a graduate and undergraduate course in the social sciences.

Specifically, we explore which examination type relates to deeper learning and which related to more surface approaches to learning. We further hypothesized that deep learning approaches will be positively associated with academic outcomes and surface approaches to learning would be negatively associated with academic outcomes. The academic outcomes explored in the study were: examination grade, overall course grade, knowledge retention quiz score and skills development. 184 students filled out a survey including a knowledge retention quiz 4 to 6 months post course completion.