help-seeker

noun

One who seeks help.

Meanings

nounhelp-seeker (plural help-seekers)

plural help-seekers

  1. One who seeks help.

    Such matching of helpers and help-seekers is important in learning situations because the help-seeker and the helper may need to renegotiate their ways of viewing the task and the interaction before helping can proceed effectively.

    1995, Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz, Norman Miller, Interaction in Cooperative Groups: The Theoretical Anatomy of Group Learning

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