Description
preparationHours = contactHours*preparationPerContact+fixedPreparation; totalHours adds contactHours.
Educational time and material budgets need explicit working time, pauses, transitions, capacity and rate conventions. A numerical schedule allocation is a planning aid, not a validated recommendation for learning pace or an automatically feasible timetable.
preparationHours = contactHours*preparationPerContact+fixedPreparation; totalHours adds contactHours.
When to use this tool
Use Teaching Load Contact Preparation Hour Pair when checking a supplied teaching, study or assessment-resource budget.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter contactHours, preparationPerContact, fixedPreparation. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read preparationHours, totalHours. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative contactHours, preparationPerContact and fixedPreparation. preparationHours = contactHours*preparationPerContact+fixedPreparation; totalHours adds contactHours.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| contactHours | Contact Hours | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| preparationPerContact | Preparation Per Contact | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| fixedPreparation | Fixed Preparation | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| preparationHours | Preparation Hours | Required. Finite number. |
| totalHours | Total Hours | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"contactHours": 10,
"preparationPerContact": 1.5,
"fixedPreparation": 2
},
"output": {
"preparationHours": 17,
"totalHours": 27
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The ratio is preparation hours per contact hour. This is a planning term without marking, administration or an actual contractual workload determination.
- 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
Use the actual timetable, resources, learner needs and approved policies to assess a practical plan.
References
Similar or alternative tools
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