The Product Development of Portable Laboratory Integrated with Local Wisdom (PL-ILW) by Undergraduate Student

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of the product development of Portable Laboratory Integrated with Local Wisdom (PL-ILW) with the use of the Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach to increase the ability of students in the Department of Informatics Engineering, Duta Bangsa University, Surakarta, Indonesia. Data were obtained using observation, questionnaires, and tests. The results of this research indicate that local wisdom and portable laboratory can be integrated into learning aid products known as an PL-ILW. Other than that, the results of this research indicate that the collaboration of PBL and product development of PL-ILW can improve students' abilities in various aspects, such as the aspects of attitudes, knowledge, skills, 21st-century skills, and character development. This paper contributes to an empirical study on the integration of local wisdom and portable laboratory into a product of learning media or learning aid. In addition, it provides an alternative in the learning model especially PBL to develop the product of PL-ILW in improving student abilities.