DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/895/1/012068

Summary
The article presents the strategy to design software which can assist in teaching numerical methods. The authors list four main stages of software development. The first stage is dedicated to the analysis, that is, learner analysis, material analysis, specification of learning objectives. In the second stage, the scientific approach is employed and the media for the implementation is selected. The development and distribution correspond to the third and fourth stages respectively. Such an approach enables students to face one of the main problems of learning the abstract concepts of mathematics. The authors emphasize the importance of one of the 21st century skills of knowing various computational tools for various mathematical activities, including solving engineering and social problems.

Relevance for Complex Systems Knowledge
The authors suggest the approach to develop a teaching assisted system for a range of numerical methods which can be used to solve nonlinear single-variable equation. In practice it usually cannot be solved analytically. Although this system is not dedicated to complex thinking by the means of the content, the skills developed using this system are required as a background to solve practical problems related to complex systems. The developed skills contain preparing data, formulating a model, and assessing the obtained results. A similar system can be used to assist teaching various subjects.
The development of the system better reflects the definition of the complex systems as it requires knowledge from various fields. For examples, it requires knowledge of educational experts to select feasible teaching strategies, approaches, learning methods and resources; knowledge in programming to develop an interactive application; knowledge of teachers and content experts to prepare the content.

Point of Strength
The article presents main stages of the development of teaching material software which can be used to teach numerical methods. The developed system is not only complex from the system point of view but also valuable in solving many real-life based problems of physical behaviour (mechanical, electrodynamics, etc.).