Peter James Kpolovie

Peter James Kpolovie is an Associate Professor and the Acting Director of Academic Planning, Research and Control Unit, University of Port Harcourt. He is an accomplished product of University of Port Harcourt, and an expert in Psychological Testing, Educational Measurement and Evaluation. His PhD dissertation on validation and standardization of Culture Fair Intelligence Test for use in Nigeria won NUC’s Best Doctoral Thesis Award in 2002. He also won the prestigious University of Port Harcourt School of Graduate Studies’ Silver Jubilee Award of Excellence in 2007, in addition to winning the Common Wealth Scholarship in 1994. From 2003 to 2006, he successfully served in the Bayelsa State Executive Council. Peter James Kpolovie has over 35 national and more than 40 international publications in professional journals. He is a member of the Board of Editors or Team of Reviewers of a number of international journals. Some of his other publications include six groundbreaking books: Test, Measurement and Evaluation in Education; Advanced Research Methods; Statistical Techniques for Advanced Research; Educational Reforms without Evaluation Designs: Nigeria at Risk; The Making of the United States of America: Lessons for Nigeria; and Educational Management in Developing Economies. His research interests include use of Information and Communication Technology in education and in data analyses; educational evaluation; improvement of human learning; educational management; and test validation and standardization.

Publications

Current Economic and Political Dispensation and Teacher Education Programs in Niger Delta Region: Means of Enhancing Teacher Education
Current Economic and Political Dispensation and Teacher Education Programs in Niger Delta Region: Means of Enhancing Teacher Education
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Nanighe Baldwin Major, Peter James Kpolovie. © 2019. 14 pages.
In this chapter we highlighted the impact of the current economic and political dispensation in Nigeria and its impact on teacher education programs and the means of enhancing...
Effective Communication Processes: The Responsibility of University Management for Enhanced Organizational Justice (OJ)
Effective Communication Processes: The Responsibility of University Management for Enhanced Organizational Justice (OJ)
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Comfort N. Agbor, Peter James Kpolovie. © 2018. 23 pages.
This chapter assessed the impact of effective communication on Organizational Justice (OJ) in the university system. Internet search revealed that there no empirical studies on...
Effective Communication Processes: The Responsibility of University Management for Enhanced Organizational Justice (OJ)
Effective Communication Processes: The Responsibility of University Management for Enhanced Organizational Justice (OJ)
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Comfort N. Agbor, Peter James Kpolovie. © 2016. 22 pages.
This chapter assessed the impact of effective communication on Organizational Justice (OJ) in the university system. Internet search revealed that there no empirical studies on...
Current Economic and Political Dispensation and Teacher Education Programs in Niger Delta Region: Means of Enhancing Teacher Education
Current Economic and Political Dispensation and Teacher Education Programs in Niger Delta Region: Means of Enhancing Teacher Education
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Nanighe Baldwin Major, Peter James Kpolovie. © 2016. 14 pages.
In this chapter we highlighted the impact of the current economic and political dispensation in Nigeria and its impact on teacher education programs and the means of enhancing...
Handbook of Research on Enhancing Teacher Education with Advanced Instructional Technologies
Handbook of Research on Enhancing Teacher Education with Advanced Instructional Technologies
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Peter James Kpolovie, Lazarus Ndiku Makewa. © 2015. 485 pages.
Before today’s teachers are ready to instruct the intellectual leaders of tomorrow, they must first be trained themselves. Information and communication technology can greatly...
Barriers to Blended Teaching and Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges for the Next Decade and Beyond
Barriers to Blended Teaching and Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges for the Next Decade and Beyond
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Kennedy E. Umunadi, Peter James Kpolovie. © 2015. 16 pages.
This chapter explains the need to better design blended teaching and learning curricula, the need to address infrastructural problems, and the need to organise programmes so that...
Merits and Worth of National Open University of Nigeria as Distance Education Intervention
Merits and Worth of National Open University of Nigeria as Distance Education Intervention
Peter James Kpolovie, Isaac Esezi Obilor, Nwachukwu Prince Ololube. © 2015. 27 pages.
This chapter employed Program Theory-Based Evaluation Design and Summative Evaluation Model to evaluate the merits and worth of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) from...
Current Economic and Political Dispensation and Teacher Education Programs in Niger Delta Region: Means of Enhancing Teacher Education
Current Economic and Political Dispensation and Teacher Education Programs in Niger Delta Region: Means of Enhancing Teacher Education
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Nanighe Baldwin Major, Peter James Kpolovie. © 2015. 14 pages.
In this chapter we highlighted the impact of the current economic and political dispensation in Nigeria and its impact on teacher education programs and the means of enhancing...
Computer Literacy and Candidate Performance on Computer-Based Tests
Computer Literacy and Candidate Performance on Computer-Based Tests
Peter James Kpolovie, Chris E. Iderima, Nwachukwu Prince Ololube. © 2014. 27 pages.
This chapter investigates the influence of computer literacy through blended learning methods on the computer-based aptitude test performance of prospective students at the...
Barriers to Blended Teaching and Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges for the Next Decade and Beyond
Barriers to Blended Teaching and Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges for the Next Decade and Beyond
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Kennedy E. Umunadi, Peter James Kpolovie. © 2014. 16 pages.
This chapter explains the need to better design blended teaching and learning curricula, the need to address infrastructural problems, and the need to organise programmes so that...
The Issues of Digital Natives and Tourists: Empirical Investigation of the Level of IT/IS Usage between University Students and Faculty Members in a Developing Economy
The Issues of Digital Natives and Tourists: Empirical Investigation of the Level of IT/IS Usage between University Students and Faculty Members in a Developing Economy
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Samuel Amaele, Peter James Kpolovie, Daniel Elemchukwu Egbezor. © 2013. 18 pages.
Frequently it is presumed that Nigerian students and faculties have been unable to find effective ways to use technology in the classroom and other aspects of their teaching and...
Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants: A Study of Information Technology and Information Systems (IT/IS) Usage between Students and Faculty of Nigerian Universities
Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants: A Study of Information Technology and Information Systems (IT/IS) Usage between Students and Faculty of Nigerian Universities
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Peter James Kpolovie, Samuel Amaele, Rose N. Amanchukwu, Teinye Briggs. © 2013. 23 pages.
It is presumed that Nigerian students and teachers have been unable to find effective ways to use technology in the classroom and other aspects of their teaching and learning....
Assessing the Role and Function of IT/IS Training and Development and Policy Implementation in a Public Sector Organization
Assessing the Role and Function of IT/IS Training and Development and Policy Implementation in a Public Sector Organization
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Oluwatosin Akinyede Ajayi, Peter James Kpolovie, Abel Usoro. © 2012. 17 pages.
This study investigates the dramatic changes in the public service in recent years. The paper examines employee Information technology (IT) training and development in Nigerian...
The Issues of Digital Natives and Tourists: Empirical Investigation of the Level of IT/IS Usage between University Students and Faculty Members in a Developing Economy
The Issues of Digital Natives and Tourists: Empirical Investigation of the Level of IT/IS Usage between University Students and Faculty Members in a Developing Economy
Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, Samuel Amaele, Peter James Kpolovie, Daniel Elemchukwu Egbezor. © 2012. 18 pages.
Frequently it is presumed that Nigerian students and faculties have been unable to find effective ways to use technology in the classroom and other aspects of their teaching and...