Incazelo yesichazamazwi yegama elithi "dunce cap" isigqoko esiyiconic ngokuvamile esenziwe ngephepha noma esizwiwayo, ngokuvamile esino"D" omkhulu ophrintiwe kuso, esigqokwa umfundi njengesijeziso sokungasebenzi kahle ezifundweni noma ukuziphatha okuphazamisayo isimo sekilasi. I-dunce cap yayiwuhlobo oludumile lokuziphatha ezikoleni eziningi phakathi nekhulu le-19 nasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, kodwa ayisasetshenziswa ezinhlelweni eziningi zemfundo zesimanje.