What might be the benefits of an essay test over a multiple-choice test?

Effective Exam DevelopmentWhy choose one assessment method over another? What might be the challenges of the assessment method you chose? There are a variety of factors to consider when selecting an assessment method. What might be the benefits of an essay test over a multiple-choice test? Are you evaluating a student’s ability to retain facts or apply concepts and principles? These are only a few of the possible areas of assessment you might choose when selecting an assessment method. In this week’s Assignment, you will add an example of some methods of testing to your Teaching Portfolio. Consider the strategies discussed this week as you develop your exam and prepare the correct responses.For this Teaching Portfolio Assignment, review and study this week’s Learning Resources, including Griggs’s Psychology: A Concise Introduction textbook to help in the selection of your assignment topic. Select a new topic or use the topic you selected in Week 4 as the focus of an exam that you will design for “your” introductory psychology class.Assignment Your exam must include the following:An explanation of the topic you selected, referencing the chapter in the Griggs Psychology: A Concise Introduction textbook you consultedFive multiple-choice questions (identify the correct answer with boldface type)Three fill-in the blank prompts (include the correct response in boldface type following the question)One essay question (include, in boldface type, a list of elements that you will be looking for as you grade).A determination of points for each of your questions and a calculation of the percentage for each question of the total 100% available. For example, if your multiple-choice questions are worth 10 points each and there are 100 points available in the test, one multiple-choice question is worth 10/100 = 0.10, or 10% of the total 100%.Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 6.The topic that I want to write about from the book ”Psychologya concise introduction by Griggs is” Learning” from chapter 4Here are the required reading that you also need to include in the reference page.Required ResourcesNote: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.ReadingsAshton, P. (2004). Testing: If you’re going to do it, do it right. In R. M. Cordell, E. M. Lucal, R. K, Morgan, S. Hamilton, & R. Orr (Eds.), Quick hits for new faculty: Successful strategies by award-winning teachers (Ebrary version, pp. 35–36). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Griggs, R. A. (2017). Psychology: A concise introduction (5th ed.). New York, NY: Worth.Note: While you do not have a specific reading assignment for this text, it is to be referenced when appropriate for the selection of introductory psychology topics in Discussions, Assignments, and the Final Assignment.Society for the Teaching of Psychology. (2010). Best practices: Assessing teaching and learning in psychology. Retrieved from http://teachpsych.org/conferences/bp/index.phpNote: Review the Abstracts of Keynotes, Workshops, and Symposia document located in the Conference Schedule section of the web page to choose the presentation files you would like to review. Be sure to make note of the first author’s name. Then click on the “Access Presentation Files, by last name of first author” link at the top of the web page to find the files for the presentation you selected.Stavredes, T. (2011). Effective online teaching: Foundations and strategies for student success. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.Part 3, “Cognitive Strategies to Support Learners’ Thinking” (pp. 73–74)Chapter 7, “Procedural Scaffolding” (pp. 75–85)Chapter 8, “Metacognitive Scaffolding” (pp. 87–93)Chapter 9, “Conceptual Scaffolding” (pp. 95–100)Chapter 10, “Strategic Scaffolding” (pp. 101–104)Svinicki, M., & McKeachie, W. J. (2014). Assessing, testing, and evaluating: Grading is not the most important function. In McKeachie’s teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (14th ed., pp. 73–84). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.Svinicki, M., & McKeachie, W. J. (2014). Testing: The details. In McKeachie’s teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (14th ed., pp. 85–107). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.Webster, T. (2008). How to be successful in your first year of teaching college: Everything you need to know that they don’t teach you in school. Ocala, FL: Atlantic.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.Chapter 12, “Assessing Students and Yourself”Let me know if you have any questions.Thanks.