Letter H Teaching Terms

These are common terms found in education. Click on any links to learn more about the topic.

Halo effect
The tendency to judge an person based on a previous formed favorable or unfavorable impression.

Handout
Typically a sheet provided to all members of group that contains vital information, a task to be completed, or other guidelines for an assignment.

Hardware
The physical components of a computer including the monitor, keyboard, processor, disk drives, printers, disks, mouse, and other peripheral items.

Hyperlinks
Links created in electronic documents (typically on webpages) that allow a person to access another document simply by clicking the text or image; text hyperlinks are generally underlined and often blue.

Hypertext
Electronic documents that contain hyperlinks.

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