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Advice for Developing Scholars

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This commentary offers advice for developing scholars culled from this volume’s contributors, research on talent development in educational psychology and other domains, and my own experiences as an educational psychologist and journal editor. The advice includes: a) follow your bliss, b) spend and create time, c) build collaborative relationships, d) hone technique, and e) frame failure.

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  1. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska, 240 Teachers College Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0345, USA

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Kiewra, K.A. Advice for Developing Scholars. Educ Psychol Rev 20, 79–86 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-007-9063-2

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