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Due to tedious teaching method in classroom, some previous studies showed how people value mathematics as an exclusive subject. It leads to the lack of awareness that mathematics can be learned from and for different perspectives. This study aims at exploring students' appreciation of mathematics through its relation towards different field in Science, Technology, Engineering and Art. Together with mathematics, all those four branches established an emerging concern in professional work called STEAM. The participant of the study was 67 first year mathematics education students of a university in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The data were gathered through a written test and analyzed using descriptive quantitative method. From the analysis, the students performed a moderate appreciation of mathematics in STEAM (average score 65.94 from 100.00). The result provides essential remark for teacher training institution to support the students' development to be effective mathematics teachers by acknowledging the application of mathematics in various domain of knowledge and human's daily activities.

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