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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Arabic</strong> <strong>place</strong>-<strong>value</strong> <strong>structure</strong> and arithmetic performance .................................. 135<br />

Objectives and hypo<strong>the</strong>ses ............................................................................................... 136<br />

METHOD .............................................................................................................................. 139<br />

Participants ....................................................................................................................... 139<br />

Tasks, stimuli, and procedure ......................................................................................... 140<br />

First grade assessment .................................................................................................. 140<br />

Follow-up assessment ................................................................................................... 142<br />

Analysis ............................................................................................................................. 142<br />

RESULTS .............................................................................................................................. 143<br />

Intelligence and Working Memory ................................................................................. 143<br />

Numerical task results ..................................................................................................... 144<br />

Transcoding in first grade ............................................................................................... 144<br />

Magnitude comparison in first grade ............................................................................. 145<br />

Addition task in third grade ............................................................................................ 146<br />

Longitudinal analysis: Influence <strong>of</strong> basic numerical competencies on calculation<br />

ability ................................................................................................................................. 146<br />

Task approach analysis ................................................................................................. 146<br />

Effect approach analyses <strong>of</strong> predictors ......................................................................... 149<br />

Effect approach analyses <strong>of</strong> predictors and criterion variables ................................... 150<br />

DISCUSSION ....................................................................................................................... 154<br />

A word on <strong>the</strong> validity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> current study ................................................................... 159<br />

<strong>The</strong> distance effect and later arithmetic performance .................................................. 160<br />

Working memory and later arithmetic performance ................................................... 163<br />

Basic numerical competencies as precursors <strong>of</strong> future performance .......................... 165<br />

Implications for models <strong>of</strong> numerical development ...................................................... 167<br />

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