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The objective of the research is to know The Relationship Between
Metacognitive Strategy on students Reading Comprehension. The population of
this research took population in the tenth grade students of SMAN 3 Kabupaten
Tangerang in academic year 2019/2020. The number of the tenth grade students is
504 students. Sample of this research are 228 students. The research used
Questionnaire and Test of Reading Comprehension by using nonparametric test
design. Based on the result of this research it can be conclude that proved there
was no significant correlation between Metacognitive Strategy and Reading
Comprehension. It means there is not any positive relationship between these
variables. Although the metacognitive strategy of students is high, but it does not
contribute to the improvement of the ability of the students in reading
comprehension at SMAN 3 Curug in academic year 2019/2020. The research
findings shows there is no correlation between metacognitive strategy and reading
comprehension of students in SMAN 3 Curug. Stated that although high
metacognitive strategy school couldn’t contribute to the improvement of the
ability of reading comprehension. As the result, the value skills obtained by
students was associated with the understanding of the low reading comprehension
skills. In these conditions also influenced in decreasing metacognitive strategy of
the students, because they will feel hopeless with the result obtained. The findings
of this researcher, it also has implications to the teachers, namely some efforts
given to students by awarding something to students was useless. So, the teachers
are expected to try do another approach to improve the student metacognitive
strategy by praising or giving reward in order to appreciate what students done.