Abstract
This paper offers first steps towards a typology of forms and uses of abductive
reasoning in mathematics education. It organises several descriptions of abductive
reasoning found in the literature in terms of their logical forms, the relation between
specifics and generalities found in them, and the uses suggested for abductive
reasoning. Examples are then given of abductive reasoning in mathematics
classrooms, and these examples are described making use of the typology developed.
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