Generalization Process by Second Grade Students Torres González, María Dolores Moreno Verdejo, Antonio Javier Cañadas Santiago, María Consuelo Algebraic thinking Functional thinking Generalization Inductive reasoning This study is part of a broader study on algebraic reasoning in elementary education. The research objective of the present survey, namely to describe generalization among second grade (7- to 8-year-old) students, was pursued through semi-structured interviews with six children in connection with a contextualized generalization task involving the function y = x + 3. Particular attention was paid to the structures recognized and the type of generalization expressed by these students as they reasoned. In all six, we observed three phases of inductive reasoning: (a) abductive, (b) inductive and (c) generalization. The students correctly recognized the structure at least once during the interview and expressed generalization in three ways. 2021-05-14T08:04:22Z 2021-05-14T08:04:22Z 2021 journal article Torres, M.D.; Moreno, A.; Cañadas, M.C. Generalization Process by Second Grade Students. Mathematics 2021, 9, 1109. https:// doi.org/10.3390/math9101109 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/68518 10.3390/math9101109 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ open access Atribución 3.0 España MDPI