Dr. Haichun Sun

College of Education

University of South Florida, USA

Associate Professor

Email: sun@usf.edu

Qualifications

2007  Ph.D., Kinesiology, University of Maryland-College Park, USA

2001  M.Sc., Sport Studies, Shanghai University of Sport, China

1994  B.Sc., Physical Education, Huaibei Normal University, China

Publications (Selected)

1. Sun, H. (2016). Chapter 44: Motivation as a learning strategy. In C.D. Ennis (Ed.) Handbook of physical education pedagogies (pp. 631-646). New York, NY: Routledge.
2. Sun, H. & Zhu, X. (2016). Chapter 9: Supervision and safety. In D.J., Cothran & X.D., Keating (Ed.). Learning for a Lifetime: Effective Secondary Physical Education Programs (pp104-117). Beijing: Educational Science Publishing House.
3. Sun, H., & Gao, Y. (2016). Impact of an Active Educational Video Game on Children’s Motivation, Science Knowledge, and Physical Activity. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 5, 239-245.
4. Gao, Y., Sun, H., Zhuang, J., Zhang, J., Ransdell, L., Zhu, Z., & Wang, S. (2016). Metabolic Equivalents of Selected Sedentary and Physical Activities in Chinese Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 13, 48-52.
5. Sun, H. (2015). Operationalizing Physical Literacy: The Potential of Active Video Games. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 4, 145-149.
6. Vamos, C.A., Sun, H., Flory, S., DeBate, R., Daley, E., Thompson, E., Bleck, J., & Merrell, L. (2015). Community level predictors of physical activity among women in the preconception period. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 19(7),1584-1592.
7. Vamos, C.A., Flory, S., Sun, H., DeBate, R., Bleck, J., Thompson, E., & Merrell, L. (2015). Do physical activity patterns across the lifecourse impact birth outcomes? Maternal and Child Health Journal, 19(8), 1775-1782.
8. Chen, S., Sun, H., Zhu, X., & Chen, A. (2014). Relationship between motivation and learning in physical education and after-school physical activity. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 85, 468-477. DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2014.961054
9. Sun, H. (2013). Impact of exergames on physical activity and Interest in elementary physical students: A follow up study. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2, 138-145.
10. Patience, M., Kilpatrick, M., Sun, H., Flory, S.B., & Watterson, T. (2013). Sports Game Play: A Comparison of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activities in Adolescents. Journal of School Health, 83, 818-823.
11. Ding, H., Sun, H., & Chen, A. (2013). Expectancy-Value and Situational Interest Motivation Specificity on Engagement and Achievement Outcomes in Physical Education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 32, 253-269.
12. Sun, H., Ding, H., & Chen, A. (2013). Nothing but Being There Matters: Expectancy-Value Motivation between U.S. and Chinese Middle School Students. International Education, 42 (2), 1-20.
13. Chen, S., Chen, A., Sun, H., & Zhu, X. (2013). Physical activity and fitness knowledge learning in physical education: Seeking a common ground. European Physical Education Review, 19 (2), 256-270.
14. Sun, H. (2012). Exergaming Impact on Physical Activity and Interest in Elementary school children. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 83, 212-220.
15. Sun, H., Chen, A., Zhu, X., & Ennis, C.D. (2012). Curriculum Matters: Learning Science-Based Fitness Knowledge in Constructivist Physical Education. The Elementary School Journal, 113 (2), 215-229.
16. Chen, A., Sun, H., Zhu, X., & Ennis, C. D. (2012). Influences of Personal and Lesson Factors on Caloric Expenditure in Physical Education. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 1, 49-56.
17. Zhu, X., Sun, H., Chen, A., & Ennis, C.D. (2012). Measurement Invariance of Expectancy-Value Questionnaire in Physical Education. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 16, 41-54.
18. Ding, H., Sun, H., & Chen, A. (2011). Gender, BMI, Values, and Learning in Physical Education: A Study on Chinese Middle Schoolers. Learning and Individual Differences, 21 (6), 771-778.
19. Sun, H., & Chen, A. (2010). An Examination of sixth graders’ self-determined motivation and learning in physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 29, 262-277.
20. Sun, H., & Chen, A. (2010). A pedagogical understanding of self-determination theory in physical education. Quest, 62, 364-384.
21. Shen, B., Li, W., Sun, H., & Rukavina, P. (2010). The influence of inadequate teacher-to-students social support on amotivation. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 29, 417-432.
22. Shen, B., Wingert, R.K., Li, W., Sun, H., Rukavina, P. (2010). An amotivation model in physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 29, 72-84.
23. Garn, A.C., & Sun, H. (2009). Approach-Avoidance Motivation in Early Adolescents: Exploring Goal Profiles and Fitness Testing. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 28, 400-421.
24. Zhu, X., Chen, A., Ennis, C., Sun, H., Hopple, C., Bonello, M., Bae, M., & Kim, S. (2009). Student situational interest, cognitive engagement, and learning achievement in physical education. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 34, 221-229.
25. Sun, H., Chen, A., Ennis, C., Martin, R., & Shen, B. (2008). An examination of the multidimensionality of situational interest in elementary school physical education. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 79, 62-70.

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