Description
wallDelay is that difference; activeDelay subtracts pauseSeconds.
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.
wallDelay is that difference; activeDelay subtracts pauseSeconds.
When to use this tool
Use Formative Feedback Delay One Item when checking a supplied teaching, study or assessment-resource budget.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter submissionSeconds, feedbackSeconds, pauseSeconds. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read wallDelay, activeDelay. Use the output convention below.
Require feedbackSeconds >= submissionSeconds and pauseSeconds between zero and their difference. wallDelay is that difference; activeDelay subtracts pauseSeconds.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| submissionSeconds | Submission Seconds | Required. Finite number. |
| feedbackSeconds | Feedback Seconds | Required. Finite number. |
| pauseSeconds | Pause Seconds | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| wallDelay | Wall Delay | Required. Finite number. |
| activeDelay | Active Delay | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"submissionSeconds": 100,
"feedbackSeconds": 400,
"pauseSeconds": 60
},
"output": {
"wallDelay": 300,
"activeDelay": 240
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Times are seconds on one clock basis. Supplied pauses are not detected, and a shorter delay is not automatically evidence of more effective feedback.
- 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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