misgeneralizing

Verb

misgeneralize (third-person singular simple present misgeneralizes, present participle misgeneralizing, simple past and past participle misgeneralized)

1. To make an incorrect generalization.
   • These programs may differ substantially, however, when examined in the light of their effects on the thought processes used to add and subtract, and of the likelihood that students will misinterpret or misgeneralize the principles implicit in the curriculum activities.1984, Andrew Garrod, Perspectives on Teaching, Learning and Development, page 482