Description
Return available-required as a signed gap.
Adult-learning budgets allocate supplied time, observations, support hours and optional participation. Elapsed session time differs from assessor person-time or serial per-learner time. A completeness count or feasible time balance does not itself assess competence, accessibility or learning quality.
Return available-required as a signed gap.
When to use this tool
Use Study Session Availability Gap when checking the stated adult-learning time, participation, resource or support-allocation convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter availableMinutes, requiredMinutes. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read gap. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative available and required minutes. Return available-required as a signed gap.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| availableMinutes | Available Minutes | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| requiredMinutes | Required Minutes | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| gap | Gap | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"availableMinutes": 90,
"requiredMinutes": 60
},
"output": {
"gap": 30
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Negative gap signals a supplied time shortfall, not a learning outcome or an assessment of suitable study time.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Review actual learner needs, activity plans and verified records with the responsible educational team for substantive scheduling and assessment decisions.
References
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