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a common alternative conception found among learners of chemistry during the Understanding Chemical Bonding project where students explain bond formation and chemical reaction in terms of atoms' needs for full shells/octets of electrons
(Read more about 'the full shells explanatory principle')
[Please be aware that a word may have different nuances, or even a different meaning, according to context.]
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Author: Keith
Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.
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