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

Table 5

Summary of ANOVA statistics of the experimental group with respect to ability levels.

Test	LA (n = 37) M ± SD	MA (n = 22)	HA (n = 26) M ± SD	df	F	Sig.
Pretest	16.84 ± 1.22	23.45 ± 0.88	36 ± 1.62	(1.84)	78.435	<0.01
Posttest	46.24 ± 4.42	48.40 ± 3.22	49.64 ± 4.22	(1.84)	4.201	0.132
Retention	45.54 ± 1.54	48.94 ± 2.40	50.04 ± 5.53	(1.84)	4.032	0.101

M = mean; LA = low ability; MA = medium ability; HA = the higher ability; F = f-ratio; df = of freedom; SD = standard deviation.