Siti Feirusz Ahmad Fesol ,∗ , Mohd Mursyid Arshad 

a Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA (Melaka), Jasin Campus, Melaka, Malaysia

aculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

article info

Article history: Received 29 August 2020

Revised 12 October 2020

Accepted 12 October 2020

Available online 17 October 2020

abstract

This paper presents the dataset of undergraduates learning habits during and before the occurrence of pandemic COVID19 under the scope of sociodemographic and psychological aspects. This dataset consists of four (4) main sections which are students’ demographic, psychological disruption, students’ learning habits and integration of online sessions with sustainability topics. A total of 37 variables were distributed via an online survey platform. The link of the online survey was circulated to the students using few social media platforms such as WhatsApp groups, Telegram, and faculties’ Facebook starting from June 1 until June 31, 2020. There was a total of 668 respondents accompanied by consent were agreed to join the survey. This dataset can have an important role for research and education in identifying the impact on learning performance among the undergraduate students during COVID-19 pandemic based on different sociodemographic and psychological aspects. © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Specifications Table

Subject Education Specific subject area Learning habits, Online learning, Sociodemographic, Psychological Type of data Table How data were acquired Online survey Link: https://forms.gle/Mhcm6xRvjpGDym327 Data format Raw Analyzed Parameters for data collection The target respondents of this survey were undergraduate students from public university in Malaysia, across different faculties, who are learning effected due to COVID-19. Description of data collection The survey form was distributed via an online platform. The link of the online survey was circulated to the students using few social media platforms such as WhatsApp groups, Telegram, and faculties’ Facebook. Data source location Institution: Universiti Teknologi MARA Region: Asia Country: Malaysia Data accessibility Repository name: Mendeley repository Direct URL to data: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/dspbfsp9ds.3

Value of the Data

• The dataset covered information of students’ learning habits before and during COVID-19.

• Useful dataset for researchers who interested to identify effects and analyze the impact of students’ learning habits during COVID-19 among different sociodemographic status.

• The dataset can be served as a reference source for researchers who interested to identify the relationship between psychological disruption impact on students’ necessity of self-learning and self-motivation towards effective learning during COVID-19.

• The dataset is a reference source and guideline for policy makers in enhancing the future policies with regards to the online learning which can be aligned with the students’ different sociodemographic and psychological aspects as well as betterment of education systems preparation for similar situations in the future.

Data Description

The landscape of education sector around the world has drastically changed due to the spread of the Novel Corona Virus Disease 2019 or Covid-19 [1]. Thus, online digital learning has taken place to support the continuation of teaching and learning process during the pandemic, which has eventually impacted the students’ learning habits [2, 3]. In response to this, this dataset [4] describes undergraduates learning habits before and during the occurrence of COVID-19 pandemic and its mediating factors, which include the learning hours, different socioeconomic status, students’ perception of psychological disruption, students’ perception of the necessity of self-learning and the self-motivation factors that support students’ effective learning. The target respondents of this survey [4] were undergraduate students from a public university in Malaysia, across different faculties, who are their learning affected due to COVID-19. Table 1 shows the descriptive statistics of students’ demographics. The demographics items consist of gender, current year of study, level of study, reside area, occupation sector of head of family, occupation field of the head of family, and total family income per month. The minimum and maximum column reflected as the minimum and maximum value answered by the user for each demographic’s items

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