The dataset comprises of noise samples collected with a mobile device during 26 sessions of a technology class at a secondary level. 60612 noise samples were collected from 26 sessions (Mean 2331 samples per session) in May 2015 at the secondary school in Spain. A total of 398 students (Mean 14,5 students per session) participated in these sessions from which 49% were female, and the age of the students fluctuated from 13 to 18 years old.
The dataset includes rich metadata that can facilitate correlation with further studies, namely type of session (i.e., traditional face-to-face lecture, collaborative workshop session, individual computer session), number of students participating in the session, percentage of male/female students, mean age of the students, timestamp when the sample was collected, language of the session, and country, city, and location where it took place. The data is shared in different formats to facilitate its management across platforms.
The dataset has been licensed Open access - Unrestricted access (CC0 Waiver No Rights Reserved - https://creativecommons.org/about/cc0)
The dataset is available in the standard CSV format. and it can be downloaded from the following reference: Tabuenca, Dr. B. (Open University of The Netherlands) (2015): Noise in classrooms data set. DANS. http://dx.doi.org/10.17026/dans-x4j-p9zf
Educational use
This dataset can be potentially used for correlation with further groups that differ in:
• Mean age of the students.
• Number of students participating in the classroom (male/female).
• Location. Country/region where the session takes place.
• Mobile device used to collect the data. Smartphones are equipped with different microphones.
• Time of the day and day of the week when the session takes place.
• Teaching style & session type. Noise might be moderated by the teacher that is leading the lecture, the topic of the subject or the type of activities accomplished during the session (e.g. collaborative, individual, cooperative).
The study (Tabuenca & Börner, 2016) aims at identifying how students and teachers change their behavior with regard to the noise level in the classroom, depending on whether they have a visual feedback (Börner, Tabuenca, Storm, Happe, & Specht, 2015) providing information on the current level of noise in the classroom. Hence, this research explores the behavior from both teachers and students, but also measures how accurate are the estimations of perceived noise from teachers and students with respect to the objective measure taken via mobile device.
Further information can be found in the paper
Tabuenca, B., & Börner, D. (2016). Noise in classrooms data set. Journal of Learning Analytics, 3(2), 308–312.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2016.32.19