This document provides part of a final report to the Scottish Education Department on a study of student teachers' observations of and interviews with cooperating teachers. The purpose of the research was to help student teachers acquire an understanding of and control over teaching methods. The findings are from experiments with three samples of student teachers undergoing their initial training in Scotland. The first sample consisted of eight students at the start of their first college term. They were based at the same school to observe teachers. The second sample comprised four students, each having completed one college term, based at different schools for their observations. The third sample comprised four student teachers assigned to the same school in departments according to their areas of specialty. All the students were instructed on how to interview cooperating teachers after their observation sessions. The substance and success of these interviews were then assessed by researchers. The document offers reactions to the experiment by students and teachers. Students were asked whether the interviews helped them gain a fuller understanding of the observed teaching. Cooperating teachers were asked about the positive and negative aspects of having student teachers discuss classroom methods with them. The students' interviews were compared with the researchers' recommended approach and assessed for the success in eliciting the desired information from teachers. No obvious differences among the three samples were apparent. The students had generally favorable opinions of the interviews. All the cooperating teachers also responded favorably. There is some discussion about modifying and institutionalizing the procedure. (TES)