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This paper briefly describes the path along which current geometry curriculum has come and provides insight into the direction that it may be heading. Software has the potential to take student and teacher out of the world of pen and paper deduction into the universe of interactive investigation. By posing, investigating and extending problem situations, an environment can be established in which students and teachers can recognise the power and usefulness of mathematics.

This paper investigates the effectiveness of technology- based instruction in secondary mathematics, by comparing students' achievements resulting from technology-rich assignments with those achievement resulting from equivalent assignments presented in traditional format. In addition, the development of the technology- rich assignments, from traditional paper- based instruction and within existing curricula, provides an example of the relative ease of integrating technology into the curriculum. Within the context of mathematics, issues of attitude towards computers, motivation and gender differences are examined.