Teacher education must ensure that teachers have the prerequisites to meet different demands in their career entry phase. The presented evaluation study of 241 student teachers in their second semester of pre-service education shows that not only highly rated courses have an impact on the learning outcome of student teachers; the intensity with which student teachers use learning opportunities, their competence in learning strategies, learning orientation, and strategies of self-motivation and resilience are crucial for high learning outcomes. Results show, that evaluation of courses focusing only the estimation of the quality of the course, doesn't guarantee for a learning outcome. The intensity of usage by the students and their individual characteristics like beliefs and motives are crucial as well. Results of this study point out, that in evaluation studies it seems to be important, to take several factors factors in account to analyse the effect of education. Additional to the quality of the course, also characteristics of the learners and their intensity in dealing with the demands of the course should be taken in account.