Student-reported LaTeX time overhead fell about 46% across the term, from 87 to 47 minutes per assignment¶
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q2 i? Mean extra time per assignment spent writing solutions in LaTeX fell from 87 min (SD = 63) at the beginning of term to 47 min (SD = 48) at the end, a mean reduction of ≈46%. → Jesse A. Rodríguez 2026
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Jesse A. Rodríguez 2026¶
Jesse A. Rodríguez. (2026). LaTA: A Drop-In, FERPA-Compliant Local-LLM Autograder for Upper-Division STEM Coursework. arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05410 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.05410
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Paired survey time items (Block 3) probing LaTeX ramp-up cost at beginning versus end of term; Figure 5 plots the distributions. The quote carries the printed means, SDs, medians, and reduction percentage.
"At the beginning of the term the cohort reported a mean extra time of M= 87 min per assignment (SD = 63, median = 60); by the end of the term this had fallen to M= 47 min (SD = 48, median = 30), a mean reduction of≈46% ."
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Related Claims¶
- Student perceptions of the autograder were mixed, with the LaTeX workflow rated more positively than the grader itself — related
- An on-premises LLM autograder graded a 200-student course at 1–3 minutes wall-clock time per submission across a full term — related
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Student-reported LaTeX time overhead fell about 46% across the term, from 87 to 47 minutes per assignment |
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Student-reported LaTeX time overhead fell about 46% across the term, from 87 to 47 minutes per assignment |
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