Description
workingMinutes = baseMinutes*multiplier+extraFixedMinutes; scheduledMinutes adds breaksMinutes.
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.
workingMinutes = baseMinutes*multiplier+extraFixedMinutes; scheduledMinutes adds breaksMinutes.
When to use this tool
Use Assessment Accommodation Time Factor when checking a supplied teaching, study or assessment-resource budget.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter baseMinutes, multiplier, extraFixedMinutes, breaksMinutes. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read workingMinutes, scheduledMinutes. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative baseMinutes, extraFixedMinutes and breaksMinutes and positive multiplier. workingMinutes = baseMinutes*multiplier+extraFixedMinutes; scheduledMinutes adds breaksMinutes.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| baseMinutes | Base Minutes Unit: min. | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| multiplier | Positive multiplier applied only to baseMinutes. | Required. Finite number; strictly above 0. |
| extraFixedMinutes | Extra Fixed Minutes Unit: min. | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| breaksMinutes | Additional scheduled break minutes, excluded from workingMinutes. | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| workingMinutes | Working Minutes Unit: min. | Required. Finite number. |
| scheduledMinutes | Scheduled Minutes Unit: min. | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"baseMinutes": 60,
"multiplier": 1.5,
"extraFixedMinutes": 10,
"breaksMinutes": 15
},
"output": {
"workingMinutes": 100,
"scheduledMinutes": 115
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The multiplier applies only to base time. This models supplied accommodation timing, not eligibility, legal entitlement or the appropriateness of an accommodation.
- 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
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