Ignorant Confidence: The Dunning-Kruger Effect in the Modern Classroom

It is the most frustrating scenario for any educator: a student bombs a crucial exam and is genuinely, absolutely shocked by the failing grade, having been completely certain they were going to score an A. This is not arrogance or laziness; it is a severe psychological deficit known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect. In the classroom, this cognitive bias proves that the students who lack the knowledg...