Vita

  • Since 2021: Professor for Educational Psychology at Leuphana University (Lüneburg, Germany)
  • 2019: Renewal of appointment as Associate Professor for Educational Sciences after positive interim evaluation
  • 2016-2021: Associate Professor for Educational Sciences, with a focus on Evaluation and Intervention, at Leuphana University (Lüneburg, Germany)
  • 2011-2016: Director of the Research Data Center (FDZ) at the Institute for Educational Quality Improvement (IQB) at Humboldt-Universität (Berlin, Germany)
  • 2011: Visiting Scientist at Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
  • 2007-2011: Research Associate at the Institut for School Quality Improvement (ISQ) at Freie Universität (Berlin, Germany)
  • 2004-2007: Fellowship in the IMPRS-Graduate School 'LIFE' at Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development (Berlin, Germany)
  • 2004-2006: Research Associate at the Department for Empirical Educational Sciences at Freie Universität (Berlin, Germany)
  • 2003: Diploma in Psychology, Freie Universität (Berlin, Germany)
  • 1999-2003: Psychology Studies, Freie Universität (Berlin, Germany)

Research Interests

  • Educational Large Scale Assessments
  • Heterogeneity of school achievement
  • Inclusive education
  • Individual and institutional determinants of the development of school achievement
  • Gender-related disparities in the scholastic and psychosocial development in childhood and adolescence

Projects

  1. FaLL – Fallportal Lehrkräftebildung Leuphana
    Inga Buhrfeind (Project manager, academic) , Poldi Kuhl (Project manager, academic) , Anja Schwedler-Diesener (Project manager, academic)

    Project: Practical Project

  2. Assessment of students’ initial learning situations in mathematics as a stimulus for data-based school and instruction development
    Poldi Kuhl (Project manager, academic) , Sonja Nonte (Project manager, academic) , Hedwig Gasteiger (Project manager, academic) , Milena Riedel (Project staff) , Marlon Steinmann (Project staff) , Melanie Trypke (Project staff)

    Project: Research

  3. Strengthening the reflection skills of students in the profile study in teacher education
    Poldi Kuhl (Project manager, academic) , Jessica Julia Süßenbach (Project manager, academic) , Anja Schwedler-Diesener (Project staff)

    Project: Teaching

  4. Learning process diagnostics and learning supportive performance feedback in inclusive subject teaching
    Michael Besser (Project manager, academic) , Timo Ehmke (Project manager, academic) , Dominik Leiß (Project manager, academic) , Poldi Kuhl (Project manager, academic) , Fynn Colin Nicolas Töllner (Project staff) , Kyra Renftel (Project staff)

    Project: Research

  5. DigiTaL - Subproject 01: Virtual realities for competence development and reflection
    Poldi Kuhl (Project manager, academic) , David Demian Loschelder (Project manager, academic) , Yannik Nils Sylvester Adam (Project staff) , Hannes Marwin Petrowsky (Project staff) , Simon Schweigler (Project staff) , Friederike Johanne Knabbe (Project staff) , Yannik Andrea Escher (Project staff)

    Project: Teaching

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Digitales Lehren und Lernen im Fachunterricht: Aktuelle Entwicklungen, Gegenstände und Prozesse
    Michael Lothar Josef Ahlers (Editor) , Michael Besser (Editor) , Christian Herzog (Editor) , Poldi Kuhl (Editor) , 2023 Weinheim , 327 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  2. Schüler*innen mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf in Schulleistungserhebungen: Einblicke und Entwicklungen
    Poldi Kuhl (Editor) , Cornelia Gresch (Editor) , Michael Grosche (Editor) , Christine Sälzer (Editor) , Petra Stanat (Editor) , 2020 Wiesbaden , 291 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Lehrer. Bildung. Gestalten: Beiträge zur empirischen Forschung in der Lehrerbildung
    Timo Ehmke (Editor) , Poldi Kuhl (Editor) , Marcus Pietsch (Editor) , 2019 Weinheim , 360 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  4. Inklusion von Schülerinnen und Schülern mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf in Schulleistungserhebungen
    Poldi Kuhl (Editor) , Petra Stanat (Editor) , Birgit Lütje-Klose (Editor) , Cornelia Gresch (Editor) , Hans Anand Pant (Editor) , Manfred Prenzel (Editor) , 2015 1 ed. Wiesbaden , 364 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Bildung in Berlin und Brandenburg 2008: Ein indikatorengestützter Bericht zur Bildung im Lebenslauf
    Poldi Kuhl (Editor) , Hans Anand Pant (Editor) , Klaus Rehkämper (Editor) , Ulrike Rockmann (Editor) , Wolfgang Wendt (Editor) , 2008 Berlin , 368 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

Journal contributions

  1. COVID-19-related differences in students’ verbal achievements: Comparisons of different cohorts of students with SEN based on large-scale assessment data from Germany
    Rebecca Schneider (Author) , Sebastian Weirich (Author) , Poldi Kuhl (Author) , Stefan Schipolowski (Author) , Petra Stanat (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Learning and Instruction, 100 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Der Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD):: Ziele – Entwicklung – Tätigkeitsfelder
    Poldi Kuhl (Author) , Fridtjof W. Nussbeck (Author) , 01.10.2025 , in: Psychologische Rundschau, 76, 4 , p. 277-279 , 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. From verbal complexity to student success: understanding the role of linguistic features in teachers’ oral classroom explanations
    Catharina Tippe (Author) , Nadine Cruz Neri (Author) , Poldi Kuhl (Author) , Jan Retelsdorf (Author) , 01.09.2025 , in: European Journal of Psychology of Education, 40, 3 , 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. A psychological framework for social skill acquisition in immersive VR environments: Conceptualization, application, and empirical evaluation
    Yannik Andrea Escher (Author) , Hannes Marwin Petrowsky (Author) , Friederike Johanne Knabbe (Author) , Poldi Kuhl (Author) , David Demian Loschelder (Author) , 12.08.2025 , in: Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 19, 19 , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Formative assessment in inclusive mathematics education in secondary schools: A systematic review
    Fynn Colin Nicolas Töllner (Author) , Poldi Kuhl (Author) , Michael Besser (Author) , 07.05.2025 , in: Education Science, 15, 5 , 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Teachers’ use of formative assessment in inclusive mathematics education in German secondary schools
    Fynn Colin Nicolas Töllner (Author) , Kyra Renftel (Author) , Poldi Kuhl (Author) , Michael Besser (Author) , 29.05.2025 1 ed. , p. 256-269 , 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

  2. Welche Wirkung hat Feedback mit unterschiedlichem Informationsgehalt auf die Mathematikleistung von inklusiv beschulten Schüler*innen?
    Fynn Colin Nicolas Töllner (Author) , Kyra Renftel (Author) , Poldi Kuhl (Author) , Michael Besser (Author) , 01.01.2024 Münster , p. 1425-1428 , 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  3. Virtuelle Realitäten zur Kompetenzentwicklung und Reflexion in der universitären Lehrkräftebildung am Beispiel von Elterngesprächen
    Yannik Nils Sylvester Adam (Author) , Hannes Marwin Petrowsky (Author) , David Demian Loschelder (Author) , Poldi Kuhl (Author) , 22.11.2023 Weinheim , p. 222-242 , 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Berufsbezogenes Selbstkonzept und Berufsmotivation von Lehrkräften.: Erfassung, Ausprägungen und Bedeutung der Berufserfahrung
    Poldi Kuhl (Author) , Philipp Alexander Freund (Author) , Sina Mayreen Phieler (Author) , 01.07.2023 Münster , p. 53-68 , 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Effekte der (mittleren) Klassenleistung auf die individuelle Leistungsentwicklung:: Konzeptionelle Einordnung, aktuelle Debatten und offene Fragen vor dem Hintergrund des deutschen Schulsystems
    Poldi Kuhl (Author) , Michael Becker (Author) , Aleksander Kocaj (Author) , Malte Jansen (Author) , Hanna Dumont (Author) , Oliver Lüdtke (Author) , 23.06.2023 Weinheim , p. 150-179 , 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

Teaching