?lkay Abazao?lu|Serdar Aztekin
The Role of Teacher Morale and Motivation on Students' Science and Math Achievement: Findings from Singapore, Japan, Finland and Turkey
Gazi University
teacher motivation one factors affect realization teaching objectives motivation academic achievement studentthis study aimed answer question relation students academic sciences mathematics achievement teachers moralemotivation singapore japan finland turkey using pisa 2012 data timss 2011 datathe researchers used descriptive statistics hierarchical linear modeling hlm order study effects morale motivation qualities sciences mathematics teachers students academic achievementmoreover comparisons made field according obtained resultsthe results showed teacher factor effective countries different income balance teacher morale motivation generally positive effect according pisa timss datafor example turkey singapore teacher motivation effect academic achievement studentsit found school principals express high morale motivation teachers high performer countriesstudents achievements mostly effected turkey teacher moralein light findings recommendations made increase sciences mathematics achievements students