The aim of this study was to examine in terms of some variables the views of preservice teachers in the Education Faculty who were taking the teaching principles and methods course according to the instructional process of the Dick and Carey model and according to the traditional instructional process. The sample of this research consisted of a total of 59 second-grade preservice teachers studying in the English Language Teaching and Primary Education Teaching programs of the Faculty of Education at Uludag University during the spring semester of the 2016-2017 academic year, and 8 instructors delivering the course. For collecting the research data, interview forms for candidates and instructors, a scale for distribution of multiple intelligence areas, a post-test tool and teaching evaluation questionnaire were used. The data were analyzed with the SPSS 13 program. Data obtained from the interview forms, multiple intelligence distribution scale and teaching evaluation questionnaire were analyzed according to central distribution measures and post-test results, while the Mann-Whitney U-test was used for comparison of the academic achievement of the experimental and control groups. According to the research results, the teacher candidates said that for this course, they had most difficulty in learning "distinguishing, writing and incremental ordering of target and behavior" and "differentiating plan types in terms of their elements". It was determined that the candidates in the experimental group showed more development in the verbal, visual, kinesthetic and social intelligence areas than those in the control group. A significant difference in academic achievement between candidates in the experimental and control groups was found in favor of the experimental group (U=85.5, P< .001). Candidates in the experimental group had more positive views regarding evaluation of the course instruction than those in the control group.