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Among all the subjects which are part of the school mathematics curriculum, geometry stands as one which is bound to be influenced most profoundly by the recent progress both in hardware and software development. It is true that to a certain extent all of the mathematics curriculum is affected by the possibilities offered by technological improvement, in particular by the computer capability of handling multiple representations of information (numerical, graphical and symbolic). But the potentialities are most striking in geometry, especially in connection with so-called dynamic geometry software. Explorations can be achieved which otherwise are either inaccessible, or accessible through inordinate efforts.
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Osta, I., Laborde, C., Hoyles, C., Jones, K., Graf, KD., Hodgson, B. (1998). Computer Technology and the Teaching of Geometry. In: Mammana, C., Villani, V. (eds) Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century. New ICMI Study Series, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5226-6_5
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