Muhtarom  , Dwi  Juniati, Tatag Yuli Eko  Siswono, 
    Exploring Prospective Teacher’s Beliefs about Nature of Mathematics,
    Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
    Volume 13,Issue 10,
    2018,
    Pages 3547-3554,
    ISSN 1816-949x,
    jeasci.2018.3547.3554,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.3547.3554)
    Abstract: This study discusses the beliefs of prospective teachers about nature of Mathematics with
descriptors including: definition of Mathematics, relationship of Mathematics with daily life and view of the
Mathematics knowledge development. The 172 prospective teachers answered to an open questionnaire and
a series of semi-structured interviews. The research result showed that most students who had instrumentalist
beliefs believed that Mathematics was an exact science consisting of a set of unchanging rules, proved true
not interrelated but useful in life and Mathematics knowledge was predicted to remain, unchanged. Others
believed that Mathematics was dynamic, creative and always developed.
    Keywords: Prospective teachers;beliefs and nature of Mathematics;predicted;developed;unchanged;true