“…In recent years, studies examining the effects of digital game-based learning environments on players' rational number competencies have yielded positive results. For example, games have been shown to support students' understanding of fraction equivalence and comparison, number line estimation, arithmetic skills, and attitudes towards fraction learning (Gresalfi et al, 2018;Masek et al, 2017;Nejem & Muhanna, 2013;Riconscente, 2013). Further, the affordances and efficiencies provided by properly designed digital games may improve students' engagement and motivation and enhance their conceptual understanding of rational numbers (Zhang et al, 2020).…”