The Understanding Chemical Bonding project (an ECLIPSE project) explored English A level (i.e. typically 16-19 year old) college students developing understanding of the concept of chemical bonding.
Students were interviewed at different stages of their college chemistry course about chemical bonding, and related topics.
The students interviewed were referred to as
The project suggested that students commonly entered A level study with an existing conceptual framework for making sense of chemical change and chemical bonds (the octet rule framework, based upon the core idea that bonds form and reactions occur to allow atoms to obtain full shells of electrons (the full shells explanatory principle). The findings of the project have been reported in a range of publications (see a list of Dr. Taber's publications)
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Dr Keith S Taber kst24@cam.ac.uk
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
© Keith S Taber, 2013