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Article: USE OF AIR FORCE JROTC HIGH SCHOOL CADETS AS ROLE MODELS FOR DEVELOPING DEMOCRATIC MATURITY IN PRE-EDUCATION TEACHERS.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Article date:
- March 22, 2000
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Groups Involved
The study involved 308 high school Air Force JROTC Cadets ranging in age from 14 to 20 years, with a mean age of 16.05 years and a standard deviation of 1.02 years. The group included 140 females and 168 males. The Pre-teacher Education Students included 1452 college students ranging in age from 18 to 43 years, with a mean age of 21.23 years, and with a standard deviation of 4.76 years. There were 1122 females and 638 males involved.
Test Used
The Democratic Maturity Test (DEMO) by Cassel and Kolstad (1998) was used for the study. It is designed to measure democratic maturity based on the John Dewey definition of a democracy - ...