TY  - JOUR
T1  - Exploring Prospective Teacher’s Beliefs about Nature of Mathematics
AU - , Muhtarom AU - Juniati, Dwi AU - Siswono, Tatag Yuli Eko 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 10
SP  - 3547
EP  - 3554
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.3547.3554
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.3547.3554
KW  - Prospective teachers
KW  -beliefs and nature of Mathematics
KW  -predicted
KW  -developed
KW  -unchanged
KW  -true
AB  - 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.
ER  -