Earth integrated housing: an educational program

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1979-05

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Texas Tech University

Abstract

The purposes of the study were (1) to develop a presentation on earth integrated housing, including slides and a script to accompany the slides; (2) to record an audio tape of the script; (3) to design a brochure on earth integrated housing; (4) to develop, validate, and determine the reliability of a four-part instrument dealing with earth integrated housing for the collection of data from participants; (5) to present a program on earth integrated housing to a sample of intact groups; (6) to determine which of the four methods of information dissemi nation used resulted in significantly higher attitude and cognitive postassessment scores for earth integrated housing; and (7) to determine whether significant changes in knowledge of and attitudes toward earth integrated housing occurred as a result of slide presentations on earth integrated housing.

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Earth sheltered houses, Architecture and energy conservation

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