This study was designed to determine the differences in the teaching patterns of student teachers as compared with experienced teachers in urban, rural, and suburban schools. Lessons were videotaped and behaviors were analyzed to determine the instructional tendencies of the teachers. Conditional probabilities were juxtaposed on a matrix to show the teachers' patterns in their respective settings. Results indicate that the patterns of the student teachers were more closely aligned with those of the suburban teacher, while the urban teacher's patterns were more managerially focused and less active than the suburban teacher. (Contains 6 figures.)