Ge surface coil element

Using a digital meter set to scale to read ohms Normal reading should be about 25ohms to under 30 ohms depending on the coil turns. Place you're red lead on one side of the coil and the black lead on the other side  of the coil.
 The picture show's 27.3ohms which reads good no need to replace surface element . If only one or two of the elements are not working or intermittently working the blocks that hold the elements could have bad contacts or switch may be bad .This requires that a service company check unit.