Kariluz Dávila Díaz, Ph.D.
Kariluz Dávila Díaz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Chemistry
University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras Campus
Associate Professor Chemistry
University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras Campus
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University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras Campus
We are actively working on creating innovative strategies and educational digital resources to foster active learning and enhance the conceptual understanding of core principles in the field of chemistry. All our resources are designed in agreement with the Universal Design for Learning, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility for every learner.
Kariluz Dávila is an Assistant Professor at UPR-RP. She received her BS in 2000 and her Ph.D. in 2006 from the University of Puerto Rico. In 2007, she interned in chemical education at the University of Arizona. Her research in Arizona involved developing digital didactic e-based materials using the computer-based Flash program. She also worked on projects to understand student learning, including studying alternative conceptions and classifying the difficulty level of end-of-chapter exercises in several chemistry books.
Kariluz Dávila is an Assistant Professor at UPR-RP. She received her BS in 2000 and her Ph.D. in 2006 from the University of Puerto Rico. In 2007, she interned in chemical education at the University of Arizona. Her research in Arizona involved developing digital didactic e-based materials using the computer-based Flash program. She also worked on projects to understand student learning, including studying alternative conceptions and classifying the difficulty level of end-of-chapter exercises in several chemistry books.
Through mentoring courses, she studies strategies for first-year students' retention, accompaniment, and adjustment to university life. Dr. Dávila is actively working on creating innovative strategies and educational digital resources to foster active learning and enhance the conceptual understanding of core principles in the field of chemistry. She applies the principles of the Universal Design for Learning to her resources to ensure inclusivity and accessibility for every learner. She also investigates the possibility of predicting the grade in General Chemistry 1 by assessing students' skills in algebraic mathematics.
Through mentoring courses, she studies strategies for first-year students' retention, accompaniment, and adjustment to university life. Dr. Dávila is actively working on creating innovative strategies and educational digital resources to foster active learning and enhance the conceptual understanding of core principles in the field of chemistry. She applies the principles of the Universal Design for Learning to her resources to ensure inclusivity and accessibility for every learner. She also investigates the possibility of predicting the grade in General Chemistry 1 by assessing students' skills in algebraic mathematics.
Dr. Dávila has received excellent evaluations for her work in the Department of Chemistry since 2006. She has worked as a coordinator of mentors with the Program Pre-MARC since 2006 but has also served as a mentor since 2000 as a graduate student to first-year undergraduate students. Dr. Dávila coordinated projects that impacted students and teachers of the Puerto Rico Department of Education, such as "UPR Estudia contigo" and the STEM Academy.
Dr. Dávila has received excellent evaluations for her work in the Department of Chemistry since 2006. She has worked as a coordinator of mentors with the Program Pre-MARC since 2006 but has also served as a mentor since 2000 as a graduate student to first-year undergraduate students. Dr. Dávila coordinated projects that impacted students and teachers of the Puerto Rico Department of Education, such as "UPR Estudia contigo" and the STEM Academy.
Dr. Dávila also offers workshops for teachers and students of public and private schools on "Fun Chemistry". Since 2022, she has also worked to provide chemistry immersion summer workshops to high school students through the “University of Puerto Rico SEPA STEM Asthma Awareness Program” as part of the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Dávila also offers workshops for teachers and students of public and private schools on "Fun Chemistry". Since 2022, she has also worked to provide chemistry immersion summer workshops to high school students through the “University of Puerto Rico SEPA STEM Asthma Awareness Program” as part of the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
She is also the Associate Director of the "NASA Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium," which helps develop science and technology in Puerto Rico. She has vast experience with online education and a wide range of software that facilitates the statistical analysis of data collected for teaching and learning processes.
She is also the Associate Director of the "NASA Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium," which helps develop science and technology in Puerto Rico. She has vast experience with online education and a wide range of software that facilitates the statistical analysis of data collected for teaching and learning processes.
Dr. Dávila's primary research interests revolve around Chemistry Education, focusing on strategies for first-year students' retention, support, and adjustment to university life through mentoring programs. Her ongoing work aims to develop innovative strategies and educational digital resources that promote active learning and enhance conceptual understanding aligned with the Universal Design for Learning, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility for every learner. Furthermore, her research explores the potential to predict the grade in General Chemistry 1 by assessing students' skills in algebraic mathematics, among other vital areas of interest.
Dr. Dávila's primary research interests revolve around Chemistry Education, focusing on strategies for first-year students' retention, support, and adjustment to university life through mentoring programs. Her ongoing work aims to develop innovative strategies and educational digital resources that promote active learning and enhance conceptual understanding aligned with the Universal Design for Learning, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility for every learner. Furthermore, her research explores the potential to predict the grade in General Chemistry 1 by assessing students' skills in algebraic mathematics, among other vital areas of interest.
Her research area of interest is Chemistry Education. The topics in Chemistry Education that interest her are:
Her research area of interest is Chemistry Education. The topics in Chemistry Education that interest her are:
- exploring active learning strategies to help understand Chemistry topics.
- exploring active learning strategies to help understand Chemistry topics.
- studying how addressing the need for basic concepts not previously adequately learned affects students' performance in their chemistry courses.
- studying how addressing the need for basic concepts not previously adequately learned affects students' performance in their chemistry courses.
- studying mathematics's impact on students' success in the General Chemistry course.
- studying mathematics's impact on students' success in the General Chemistry course.
- study how to attract, retain, and graduate students to and in the baccalaureate in chemistry.
- study how to attract, retain, and graduate students to and in the baccalaureate in chemistry.
- among others.
- among others.
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