The purpose of this study was to determine if preservice teachers, during their student teaching experiences, were utilizing the strategies they had learned in university methods courses, and if these strategies were being modeled by the supervising teachers. Responses were obtained from 31 preservice elementary teachers. Students responded to questions based on the following constructs: classroom management; type of assessment; experiential learning; integrative curriculum; and multicultural education. A comparison of the means of the two groups (e.g., student teachers vs. supervising teachers) was made through the use of t-tests. There was a significant difference between how the student teachers perceived their use of effective instructional strategies and what they reported they had observed being used by their supervising teachers in all areas but one. The findings of this study indicate the need for closer collaboration between university student teacher field supervisors and supervising teachers. (Contains 13 references.) (Author/ND)