John Cleese, the British comedian, once summed up the idea of the Dunning–Kruger effect as, “If you are really, really stupid, then it’s impossible for you to know you are really, really stupid.” A quick search of the news brings up dozens of headlines connecting the Dunning–Kruger effect to everything from work to empathy and even to why Donald Trump was elected president.
More than 30 college educators from the University of Wyoming and five community colleges participated in the immersive LAMP (Learning Actively Mentoring Program) Science Initiative Summer Institute held at Camp Sacagawea on Casper Mountain May 16-20. The educators came together with the goal of mastering active-learning techniques with an emphasis on problem-based learning (PBL).
The idea that the least skilled are the most unaware of their incompetency is pervasive in science and pop culture. But a new analysis of the data shows.