| Skill | Common words or practices participants noted that improved said skill | Civics in Action Activities |
| Communication | Meetings, interview, emails, ask, people, group, partner, teacher, mentor | -Community expert interviews -Mentor requirement -5 documented meetings with mentor -Simulations -Role Plays |
| Civic Virtue | Involve, allow, impact, public, community, connected, understanding, giving, help, provided, opportunity | -Essential research question -70+ hours of work involved in project -Optional social justice component -Field trips, site visits -Guest speakers -Purpose projects |
| Critical Thinking | Collecting, focus, patterns, recognize, considered, reason, detail, organize, evidence, solve/solutions, elaborate, outcomes, adapt, decisions, execute, logic | -Essential research question -Pamphlet -Project proposal -Timeline with deliverables -Final presentation -Debates |
| Information Literacy | Citations/sources, analyze, find, organize, synthesize, apply, perspective, bias, read, reason, interpret, explore, research | -Project proposal -Interviews -Research library lesson |
| Self-Direction | Goals, rely, initiative, motivate, proud, curious, resilient, responsible, diligent, consistent, timely, pre-planning, strong, capable, accountable, inspiration | -Timeline with deliverables -Select deliverable due dates -Tuning protocol presentation -Windows in research presentation -Senior project |
| Collaboration | Work, many, team, communication, delegate, partner, teacher, voice, listen, branching out | -Project update presentations -Select deliverable submission -Purpose project feedback session |
| Invention | Create, repair, rebuild, connections, design, innovate, find, ideas, making, improve, test/trial, shift | -Tuning protocol -Project proposal -Project iterations -3D portrayal of project |