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and one experimental group, each including thirty students. <strong>The</strong>y were atthe intermediate level of <strong>English</strong> proficiency and studying <strong>English</strong> either asTranslation or Literature. <strong>The</strong>ir language proficiency was determined bythe Michigan Test of <strong>English</strong> Language Proficiency. <strong>The</strong> instrument tocollect data on students’ self -regulation was Motivated Strateg ies forLearning Questionnaire (Printrich et al., 1991), the findings revealing thatstudents gained higher self-regulation as the result of concept mappingstrategy teaching. <strong>The</strong>se findings have implications for pedagogy as well asfor research.Keraro and et. al ( 2007 )This study investigated the effects of using the cooperative conceptmapping (CCM) teaching approach on secondary school students’motivation in biology. A non equivalent control group design under thequasi-experimental research was used in which a random sample of fourco-educational secondary schools was used. <strong>The</strong> four schools wererandomly assigned to four groups. Each school provided one Form Twoclass. <strong>The</strong> study sample was comprised of 156 second grade students in thesecondary school cycle (Form Two students) in Gucha District, Kenya.Students in all the groups were taught the same biology content but twogroups. <strong>The</strong> experimental groups were taught using the CCM approachwhile the other two control groups were taught using regu lar teaching83

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