62 Jurnal Penelitian Keperawatan Medik Vol. 2 No. 2 Edition: November 2019 – April 2020 http://ejournal.delihusada.ac.id/index.php/JPKSY Received: 25 Maret 2020 Revised: 05 April 2020 Accepted: 30 April 2020 PENGARUH STRATEGI METAKOGNISI TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN MEMBACA TEKS BERBENTUK DESKRIPTIF PADA MAHASISWA MANAJEMEN INFORMASI KESEHATAN INSTITUT KESEHATAN DELI HUSADA DELITUA Herawati Br Bukit, Sulastri Br Ginting Institut Kesehatan Deli Husada Deli Tua-Jalan Besar Deli Tua No. 77 e-mail: herawatihill02@gmail.com Abstract: Doing reading comprehension needs active process in doing. The suitable teaching- learning process must achieve the objective of reading comprehension. In fact, reading skill is not easy. Lecturer should use good strategy in teaching about reading comprehension. It also happens for students that they find some hard in doing reading comprehension well. They can’t get good value for understanding the text meaning. So, the strategy is very useful to solve the difficulties in reading comprehension. This study is concerned with the reading effect about descriptive text through Metacognition strategy application. This study learns about students reading skills in descriptive text. This research is conducted based on experimental quantitative design which has two randomized subject. The population were Health Information Management students at Deli Husada Deli Tua Health Institute grade I, II and III. The random sample was taken from grade I and III as group of experimental and grade II as the control group. In every group was given pre-test and post-test in same test but the experimental group accepted the treatment of Metacognition strategy in the study. The result of this research showed that there was difference between the mean of the group of experimental and the group of control. The statistic calculation showed that t- observed (4.1) is higher than t-table (1.67). It proves that Metacognition strategy has significantly effect on students’ reading comprehension in reading descriptive text. Keywords: Reading Comprehension; Descriptive Text, Metacognitive Strategy PENDAHULUAN Membaca adalah aspek terpenting dalam kehidupan. Setiap bidang di dunia perlu membaca buku untuk mengetahui keahlian. Orang-orang meningkatkan kemampuan otak mereka atau membuktikan keterampilan mereka dengan banyak membaca. Informasi yang terbaru dapat diperoleh dari membaca kata-kata tertulis dari banyak sumber seperti majalah, surat kabar, internet dan sebagainya. Dapat dikatakan bahwa membaca adalah jembatan cahaya (Bukit H, 2020) Membaca termasuk satu dari berbagai keterampilan dalam bahasa, selain berbicara, mendengarkan dan menulis. Membaca dan mendengarkan adalah keterampilan reseptif karena keterampilan itu mendapatkan sesuatu selama melakukannya. Sementara, berbicara dan menulis adalah keterampilan produktif karena keterampilan ini menghasilkan sesuatu setelah keterampilan ini dilakukan (Brown, 2001) Meskipun membaca sangat penting, ternyata keinginan membaca bagi masyarakat Indonesia khususnya peserta didik sangatlah rendah. Menurut Warta Kota (2015: 5) bacaan dalam bahasa Indonesia sangat rendah. Itu dibuktikan oleh UNESCO yang menyatakan bahwa masyarakat Indonesia hanya membaca 7 buku dalam setahun. Ini sangat mempengaruhi rendahnya pemahaman membaca. Selain itu, berdasarkan survey, UNESCO mengindeks bahwa yang suka membaca sangat rendah,