Original sentence: As a consequence, Crossroads was designed, utilizing the Vexation and Venture format, to make generative discussions a deliberate feature of the conference.Funding has been provided by conference attendees in the past, as well as from grant agencies.Most notably, National Science Foundation funding has been established to fund the conference through the year 2008.The conference also claims to offer an alternative to the standard model of confering and professional development.This variety of perspectives allows each participant to tap into expertise that they might not otherwise encounter within the typical course of their professional lives.While these organizations are adept at presenting research results or at sharing innovations in teaching, organizers and many participants in Crossroads feel that none of them provide a means for new research questions, policy directives, or general science education goals to be discussed and deliberated
Edited sentence: , for bird eggs or newborn humans), during Crossroads sessions delicate and important entities are warmed and nurtured so they can become more vital on their own.As a consequence, Crossroads was designed, utilizing the Vexation and Venture format, to make those sorts of discussions a deliberate feature of the conference rather than an incidental aspect.As with other incubators (e.In fact, for many attendees at science education research conferences the negative space represented by gathering that occurred in between, after, or even instead of regularly scheduled sessions seemed to be of the greatest professional benefit.Perhaps more notably, the conference offers an alternative to the standard model of confering and professional development.This richness in perspectives allows each participant to tap into expertise that they might not otherwise encounter within the typical course of their professional lives.Through the use of facilitators, the Vexation and Venture format works to compel an individual to put forth their ideas and then wait, in silence, to hear the response of others in attendance.Unlike graduate school seminars where multiple ideas were voiced toward mutually beneficial understandings, presentations at academic conferences tended to be a one-way transmission of information, information that may not be especially generative to the audience.While these organizations are adept at presenting research results or at sharing innovations in teaching, none of them provide a means for new research questions, policy directives, or general science education goals to be discussed and deliberated