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This study was designed to gain a better understanding of interactive video instruction and its effects un individual learning in high school students in Taiwan. The study had three objectives: (1) to identify students ' background information and involvement in computer assisted instruction; (2) to assess whether there is a linear relationship between computer awareness or literacy and academic achievement; and (3) to compare the learning achievement between sequential learning and interactive learning. Fifty-six 10th-grade students were divided into two instructional groups; one received sequential instruction on computer awareness and the other received instruction on the same content via interactive video. Statistical analyses were conducted of the background information, the students ' learning behavior, and their learning achievement. The learning achievement of students who receive