The Impact of Metacognition and Vocabulary Mastery on Reading Comprehension in Elementary Student: A Path Analysis

The objective of the research is to find out the empirical information of the effect of metacognition and vocabulary mastery on the reading comprehension. This research conducted for 10 (ten) months. The research used a quantitative approach, with path analyisis techniques. The research conducted at 8 year-old children. The multistage cluster random sampling technique is applied, which 154 children involved as the research sample. Empirical findings of the research revealed that: 1) There is direct positive effect of metacognition to the reading comprehension; 2) There is direct positive effect of vocabulary mastery to the reading comprehension; 3) There is direct positive effect of metacognition to vocabulary mastery.