I am Richard Schulte and have been a member of the research group Mathematics and its Didactics since September 2023. Since May 2024, I have been a PhD student under the supervision of Walther Paravicini, investigating the use of digital practice platforms in mathematics education, with a particular focus on MatheBattle. In my research, I investigate how and for what purposes teachers use MatheBattle in their classrooms, how its use varies across teachers, and to what extent these differences are related to their professional competencies. I also examine how professional development programs can support teachers in using MatheBattle in pedagogically meaningful ways, particularly in adaptive mathematics instruction.

Closely connected to my doctoral research is my work on the COMPASS project (Comprehensive Open Math Platform with Adaptive Self-Regulation Support), where I have been working as an academic researcher since October 2025. As part of the project, we investigate, among other things, how students use MatheBattle, and are developing the platform into an open, adaptive mathematics learning platform designed to support both mathematical and self-regulated learning. A particular focus of this development is an AI-based tutor designed to provide students with adaptive support for both mathematical practice and self-regulated learning.

Previously, from September 2023 to September 2025, I worked on the MINT-ProNeD project (Professional Networks for Promoting Adaptive, Process-Oriented, Digitally Supported Innovations in STEM Teacher Education). My work included developing and facilitating professional development programs for mathematics teachers and establishing professional learning communities involving teachers and researchers. The project focused on the collaborative development of research-based, practice-oriented approaches to fostering students’ process-related competencies in adaptive, digitally supported mathematics instruction.