The article examines the value added to public middle school education by pedagogically trained college student. 680 middle schools were randomly selected and assigned groups. University arts and sciences students were put into two groups on the basis of those with formal teacher training and those without. Each student was thought four lessons to his instructional group. Results indicated that pupils' achievement was influenced by their perceptions of task difficulty and that teaching behaviors had a statistically significant influence on adjusted pupil achievement outcomes among students with formal pedagogical training.