@article{MAKHILLJEAS2018131016223, title = {Exploring Prospective Teacher’s Beliefs about Nature of Mathematics}, journal = {Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences}, volume = {13}, number = {10}, pages = {3547-3554}, year = {2018}, issn = {1816-949x}, doi = {jeasci.2018.3547.3554}, url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-949x&doi=jeasci.2018.3547.3554}, author = {Muhtarom,Dwi and}, keywords = {Prospective teachers,beliefs and nature of Mathematics,predicted,developed,unchanged,true}, 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.} }