ai-coach: the AI coach for Avanti's CoE students
The question: which techniques, used after a test on the questions a student got wrong, raise JEE scores for Grade 11 and 12 students at an Avanti CoE, and which of them an AI coach could deliver.
Status (2026-11-02): under review as editable Claude Docs.
Start with WHAT_WORKS.md; it links to the rest.
| Document | What it is |
|---|---|
| WHAT_WORKS.md | The main note: Avanti’s context, the findings, the AI problems to solve and the instructional designs to test |
| META_ANALYSIS.md | The systematic review and meta-analysis behind it: methods, the estimate per technique, the study tables, references |
| COACH_WALKTHROUGH.md | The coach’s steps worked through on three AIAT-04 questions |
| literature/README.md | The literature reviews, one per strand |
| LIBRARY.md | The reading library: 26 papers read but not cited, each in plain language with a download link |
| SOURCES.md | Every source opened, with its archived copy (Avanti Google login) |
| samples/ | A de-identified AI mentor report |
| datasets/motion_2d/ | Builder and README for the Motion in Two Dimension dataset (zip) |
| datasets/emrs_bhopal/ | Builder and README for the EMRS Bhopal Grade 12 dataset (zip) |
Reproduce
Section titled “Reproduce”- Sources:
gs://avantifellows-research-sources/ai-coach/<strand>/<file>, listed in SOURCES.md.python3 scripts/research_sources.py check ai-coachverifies every link. - Meta-analysis:
python3 analysis/ai-coach/meta/pool.pypools the AI-tutor trials and drawsfig_meta_forest.svg;python3 analysis/ai-coach/meta/check.pyasserts that every planning range and pooled figure inMETA_ANALYSIS.mdmatchesmeta/headline.tsvandmeta/output/pooled.csv. - Power simulation:
power/power_lead.py(8 chapters x 8 items per period; 52 students gives 51% power at 5 points and 89% at 8 points before attrition). - Editable docs:
WHAT_WORKS.md,META_ANALYSIS.mdandCOACH_WALKTHROUGH.mdare reviewed as editable Claude Docs, linked in their.doc.jsonsidecars. After a review round, export the doc and runpython3 scripts/doc_sync.py pull <paper>.md <export>;git diffthen shows the edits made in the doc.
The first plan (PLAN.md), its three competing drafts, its design mockups and the approach note
(APPROACH.md) were retired on 2026-11-02; they remain in git history.