This study aims to determine the effectiveness of making a portable laboratory integrated with local wisdom using a project-based learning approach to improve student learning outcomes. This research was conducted at the Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering, Duta Bangsa University Surakarta, Indonesia in the 2020/2021 academic year. The total number of participating students was 239 with 84.10% male students and 15.90% female students. To evaluate the effectiveness, the applied instruments are in the form of Likert scale questionnaire, open ended questions to get the participants explaining their abilities after the making of the portable laboratory, together with pre-test and post-test questions. The analysis was carried out on the results of the questionnaire based on clustering with the K-means algorithm, then it is compared with the answers to the open-ended questions, pre-test, and post-test results, and finally with the portable laboratory products produced by the students. The results indicate that making a portable laboratory integrated with local wisdom using a project-based learning approach is effective in improving students’ learning outcomes such as character, knowledge, skills, attitudes, and 21st-century skills. The effectiveness of increasing learning outcomes judging from gender and educational background shows relatively the same results and there is no significant difference.

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