Assessing the Effectiveness of Innovative Pedagogy and Lecture Method on Students Academic Achievement and Retention in Computer Programming

Table 2

Demographic data of students demonstrating the equality of baselines.

Characteristics	IP group n (%)	Control group n (%)	X^2	Sig
Gender
Male	34 (40%)	23 (38.8%)	0.474	NS
Female	51 (60%)	37 (61.6%)
Previous experience
Low ability	37 (43.6%)	40 (47.1%)	0.74	NS
Medium ability	22 (25.9%)	20 (23.5%)
High ability	26 (30.5%)	25 (29.5%)

IP: innovative pedagogy; NS: not significant; X²: Chi-square.