Reported is a study to evaluate the outcomes of a combined content and methods course in terms of the previously stated objectives. The objectives for the combined course were placed into categories under the headings of content knowledge, valence factors (including motivation, confidence, and positive attitude toward science), and teaching skills. Means of evaluation were established to determine whether students taking the combined course made desirable changes. Four groups of college students were compared. Three groups were created in order to have some standard against which the Study Group could be measured. The Study Group was taking the combined course in physical science content and science teaching methods. The other groups were or had taken some other combination or single course respectively. While all groups taking the content course showed significant gains in scores on the standardized test from pre- to posttests, there was no statistically significant gain made by the Study Group as compared to two other groups. Results of the Q-sort procedure showed that the Study Group made the greatest increase in correlation with judges so as to be more like the "idealized" teacher as computed from a post sort correlation. It was shown that this group had more confidence in their ability to teach science and more enthusiasm and willingness to teach science. (Author/EB)