How Accurately Should We Write on the Board? When Marking Comments on Student Papers?
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Writing on the board is an important part of a lecture. Lecturers’ handwriting is not always perfect. Usually, a lecturer can write slower and more legibly, this will increase understandability but slow down the lecture. In this paper, we analyze an optimal trade-off between speed and legibility. c ⃝2012 World Academic Press, UK. All rights reserved.
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